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