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