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