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