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