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