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