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