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