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