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