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