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