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