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