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