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