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