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