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