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