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