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