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