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