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