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