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