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