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