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