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