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