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