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