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