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