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