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