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