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