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