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