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