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