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