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