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