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