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.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) freezes (c) dissolves (d) vibrates
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) sitar (c) harp (d) saxophone
- 3.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) flute (b) harp (c) damru (d) clarinet
- 4.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) damru (b) sarangi (c) conch (d) sarod
- 5.🎵 Is the sarod a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 6.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 7.True or false: the violin is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) clarinet (c) flute (d) violin
- 11.True or false: the conch is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 13.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) violin (b) dholak (c) nadaswaram (d) tambourine
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) bansuri (c) harp (d) violin
- 15.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
- 16.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) harp (b) sarod (c) tambourine (d) clarinet
- 17.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 18.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by plucking strings (c) by hitting it (d) by blowing air into it
- 19.True or false: the shehnai is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) conch (c) mridangam (d) ektara
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) veena (c) nadaswaram (d) shehnai
- 22.True or false: the saxophone is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) sarod (c) ghatam (d) sarangi
- 24.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) sitar (b) damru (c) ektara (d) sarod
- 25.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by bowing strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by tapping with hands (d) by plucking strings
- 26.True or false: the clarinet is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) saxophone (c) clarinet (d) guitar
- 28.True or false: the ektara is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) damru (c) mridangam (d) sarod
- 30.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
- 31.True or false: the shehnai is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 33.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) bansuri (c) drum (d) clarinet
- 34.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a straw (c) a bow (d) a spoon
- 35.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 36.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarod (b) violin (c) veena (d) shehnai
- 38.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: the drum is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) drum (c) harp (d) violin
Answer key
- vibrates
- saxophone
- harp
- conch
- string
- 6
- True
- True
- percussion
- violin
- False
- wind
- violin
- bansuri
- 1
- clarinet
- wind
- by blowing air into it
- True
- mridangam
- veena
- False
- ghatam
- damru
- by tapping with hands
- False
- guitar
- True
- sarod
- 4
- False
- percussion
- drum
- a bow
- wind
- string
- shehnai
- True
- False
- drum
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