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