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