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