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