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