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