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