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