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