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