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