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