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