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