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