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