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