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