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