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