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