Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments
Remember (Pluck, blow or hit?): String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.
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- 1.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) drum (c) saxophone (d) nadaswaram
- 4.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) tambourine (c) ghatam (d) dholak
- 6.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 7.🎵 Is the nadaswaram a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 8.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) tabla (b) shehnai (c) flute (d) sitar
- 9.True or false: the tabla is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) manjira (b) shehnai (c) conch (d) sarangi
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) conch (b) nadaswaram (c) shehnai (d) tabla
- 12.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) harp (c) nadaswaram (d) damru
- 13.True or false: the nadaswaram is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: the sarangi is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) violin (b) mridangam (c) ektara (d) trumpet
- 16.True or false: the trumpet is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) sarod (c) guitar (d) trumpet
- 19.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sitar (b) nadaswaram (c) tambourine (d) manjira
- 20.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) guitar (c) sarangi (d) sitar
- 22.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 23.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 25.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) freezes (b) dissolves (c) melts (d) vibrates
- 26.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a straw (b) a bow (c) a drumstick (d) a spoon
- 27.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) conch (b) flute (c) guitar (d) shehnai
- 28.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 29.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 30.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 31.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 32.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
- 33.True or false: the shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) nadaswaram (c) harp (d) ektara
- 36.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by hitting it (b) by plucking strings (c) by blowing air into it (d) by shaking it
- 37.True or false: the clarinet is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) veena (c) shehnai (d) sitar
- 40.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) tambourine (b) sitar (c) flute (d) harp
Answer key
- True
- 1
- drum
- string
- sarangi
- percussion
- wind
- tabla
- True
- sarangi
- tabla
- damru
- True
- False
- trumpet
- True
- percussion
- trumpet
- nadaswaram
- wind
- bansuri
- string
- True
- string
- vibrates
- a bow
- guitar
- percussion
- 6
- percussion
- percussion
- 2
- True
- string
- nadaswaram
- by blowing air into it
- True
- 7
- shehnai
- flute
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