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