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