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