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