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