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