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