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