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