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