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