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