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