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