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