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