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