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