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