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