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