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