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