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