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