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