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