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