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