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