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