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