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