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