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