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