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