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