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