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