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