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