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