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