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