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