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