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