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