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