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