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