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