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