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