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