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