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