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