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