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