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