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