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