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