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