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