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