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