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