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