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