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