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