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