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