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