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