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