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