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