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