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