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