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