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