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