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