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