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