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