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