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