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