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