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