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