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