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