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