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