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