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