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