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