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