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