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