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