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