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