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