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