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