Class 5 GK Worksheet: Indian Dances and Art
Remember (Dance and its home): Classical: Kathak – Uttar Pradesh, Bharatanatyam – Tamil Nadu, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam – Kerala, Kuchipudi – Andhra Pradesh, Odissi – Odisha, Manipuri – Manipur, Sattriya – Assam. Folk: Bhangra and Giddha – Punjab, Garba and Dandiya Raas – Gujarat, Bihu – Assam, Lavani – Maharashtra, Ghoomar – Rajasthan, Yakshagana – Karnataka. Painting: Madhubani – Bihar, Warli – Maharashtra, Gond – Madhya Pradesh, Tanjore – Tamil Nadu, Kalighat – West Bengal, Phad – Rajasthan.
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- 1.Which folk dance comes from Rajasthan? (a) Yakshagana (b) Lavani (c) Ghoomar (d) Bihu
- 2.🎨 Which state does Madhubani painting come from? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
- 3.🎨 Which state does Warli painting come from? (a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Tamil Nadu
- 4.Which folk dance comes from Karnataka? (a) Yakshagana (b) Dandiya Raas (c) Bihu (d) Garba
- 5.True or false: the classical dance Manipuri comes from Manipur. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: the classical dance Kuchipudi comes from Andhra Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which painting style comes from West Bengal? (a) Tanjore painting (b) Phad painting (c) Kalighat painting (d) Gond painting
- 8.Which classical dance comes from Uttar Pradesh? (a) Mohiniyattam (b) Kathak (c) Kuchipudi (d) Manipuri
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Ghoomar (b) Bhangra (c) Manipuri (d) Dandiya Raas
- 10.🎭 Is Mohiniyattam a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 11.Which classical dance comes from Manipur? (a) Kathakali (b) Bharatanatyam (c) Manipuri (d) Odissi
- 12.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Giddha come from? (a) Assam (b) Punjab (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
- 13.💃 Which state does the classical dance Odissi come from? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Odisha (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Manipur
- 14.True or false: the classical dance Kathakali comes from Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎨 Which state does Gond painting come from? (a) West Bengal (b) Rajasthan (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Madhya Pradesh
- 16.🎭 Is Dandiya Raas a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 17.True or false: the classical dance Mohiniyattam comes from Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🤲 Mehendi (henna) designs are usually put on the ___. (a) hands (b) nose (c) teeth (d) hair
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Odissi (b) Lavani (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Kuchipudi
- 20.Which folk dance comes from Maharashtra? (a) Bihu (b) Bhangra (c) Lavani (d) Yakshagana
- 21.🎭 Is Sattriya a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 22.Which painting style comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Gond painting (b) Kalighat painting (c) Madhubani painting (d) Tanjore painting
- 23.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Lavani come from? (a) Rajasthan (b) Punjab (c) Maharashtra (d) Gujarat
- 24.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kathak come from? (a) Odisha (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Manipur (d) Tamil Nadu
- 25.True or false: the classical dance Kathak comes from Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
- 26.💃 Which state does the classical dance Manipuri come from? (a) Manipur (b) Odisha (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
- 27.🎨 Which state does Tanjore painting come from? (a) Bihar (b) Maharashtra (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Rajasthan
- 28.🎭 Is Bihu a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 29.💃 Which state does the classical dance Sattriya come from? (a) Kerala (b) Assam (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
- 30.💃 Which state does the classical dance Bharatanatyam come from? (a) Kerala (b) Odisha (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Assam
- 31.True or false: the classical dance Manipuri comes from Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
- 32.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kuchipudi come from? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala (c) Assam (d) Andhra Pradesh
- 33.Which folk dance comes from Assam? (a) Yakshagana (b) Bihu (c) Garba (d) Bhangra
- 34.🎭 Is Lavani a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 35.Which classical dance comes from Kerala? (a) Manipuri (b) Odissi (c) Bharatanatyam (d) Kathakali
- 36.True or false: the classical dance Bharatanatyam comes from Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which classical dance comes from Andhra Pradesh? (a) Kathakali (b) Kuchipudi (c) Sattriya (d) Bharatanatyam
- 38.Which classical dance comes from Kerala? (a) Sattriya (b) Kathak (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Odissi
- 39.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kathakali come from? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Manipur (c) Odisha (d) Kerala
- 40.Which folk dance comes from Punjab? (a) Ghoomar (b) Yakshagana (c) Lavani (d) Bhangra
Answer key
- Ghoomar
- Bihar
- Maharashtra
- Yakshagana
- True
- True
- Kalighat painting
- Kathak
- Manipuri
- classical
- Manipuri
- Punjab
- Odisha
- False
- Madhya Pradesh
- folk
- False
- hands
- Lavani
- Lavani
- classical
- Tanjore painting
- Maharashtra
- Uttar Pradesh
- True
- Manipur
- Tamil Nadu
- folk
- Assam
- Tamil Nadu
- False
- Andhra Pradesh
- Bihu
- folk
- Kathakali
- True
- Kuchipudi
- Mohiniyattam
- Kerala
- Bhangra
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