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