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