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