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