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