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