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