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