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