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