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