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