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