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