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