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