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