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