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