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