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