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