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