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