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