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