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