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