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