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