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