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