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