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