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