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