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