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