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