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