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