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