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