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