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