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