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