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