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