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