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