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