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.🎭 Is Odissi a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 2.🎨 Which state does Tanjore painting come from? (a) Bihar (b) Maharashtra (c) Tamil Nadu (d) West Bengal
- 3.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kathak come from? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Assam
- 4.Which folk dance comes from Punjab? (a) Bhangra (b) Lavani (c) Garba (d) Yakshagana
- 5.Which classical dance comes from Andhra Pradesh? (a) Kuchipudi (b) Sattriya (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Manipuri
- 6.Which classical dance comes from Uttar Pradesh? (a) Bharatanatyam (b) Sattriya (c) Kathak (d) Odissi
- 7.🎨 Which state does Madhubani painting come from? (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Bihar
- 8.🎭 Which classical dance from Kerala is a dance-drama with green-painted faces? (a) Kathak (b) Manipuri (c) Kathakali (d) Odissi
- 9.True or false: the classical dance Mohiniyattam comes from Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Sattriya (b) Bharatanatyam (c) Manipuri (d) Lavani
- 11.🌺 Rangoli patterns are usually made on the ___. (a) roof (b) ceiling (c) floor (d) window
- 12.Which folk dance comes from Rajasthan? (a) Ghoomar (b) Bihu (c) Garba (d) Giddha
- 13.Which folk dance comes from Gujarat? (a) Ghoomar (b) Bhangra (c) Lavani (d) Dandiya Raas
- 14.True or false: the classical dance Mohiniyattam comes from Andhra Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: the classical dance Kuchipudi comes from Kerala. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: the classical dance Kathakali comes from Andhra Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: the classical dance Bharatanatyam comes from Manipur. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which classical dance comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Kathak (b) Odissi (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Bharatanatyam
- 19.Which folk dance comes from Assam? (a) Yakshagana (b) Garba (c) Bihu (d) Ghoomar
- 20.Which painting style comes from Maharashtra? (a) Gond painting (b) Madhubani painting (c) Phad painting (d) Warli painting
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Lavani (b) Bhangra (c) Kathak (d) Garba
- 22.Which painting style comes from Rajasthan? (a) Gond painting (b) Phad painting (c) Tanjore painting (d) Warli painting
- 23.🎭 Is Mohiniyattam a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 24.Which classical dance comes from Manipur? (a) Sattriya (b) Bharatanatyam (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Manipuri
- 25.🎨 Which state does Gond painting come from? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
- 26.True or false: the classical dance Kathak comes from Assam. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: the classical dance Kuchipudi comes from Odisha. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🎨 Which state does Kalighat painting come from? (a) Bihar (b) West Bengal (c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Giddha (b) Ghoomar (c) Bharatanatyam (d) Bhangra
- 30.True or false: the classical dance Bharatanatyam comes from Tamil Nadu. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: the classical dance Manipuri comes from Manipur. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: the classical dance Sattriya comes from Assam. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Giddha (b) Garba (c) Dandiya Raas (d) Odissi
- 34.Which folk dance comes from Karnataka? (a) Dandiya Raas (b) Garba (c) Yakshagana (d) Ghoomar
- 35.Which folk dance comes from Gujarat? (a) Bihu (b) Bhangra (c) Garba (d) Yakshagana
- 36.True or false: the classical dance Odissi comes from Odisha. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which painting style comes from Bihar? (a) Tanjore painting (b) Kalighat painting (c) Madhubani painting (d) Gond painting
- 38.💃 Which state does the classical dance Bharatanatyam come from? (a) Manipur (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
- 39.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Garba come from? (a) Punjab (b) Assam (c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka
- 40.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Dandiya Raas come from? (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Punjab (d) Assam
Answer key
- classical
- Tamil Nadu
- Uttar Pradesh
- Bhangra
- Kuchipudi
- Kathak
- Bihar
- Kathakali
- False
- Lavani
- floor
- Ghoomar
- Dandiya Raas
- False
- False
- False
- False
- Bharatanatyam
- Bihu
- Warli painting
- Kathak
- Phad painting
- classical
- Manipuri
- Madhya Pradesh
- False
- False
- West Bengal
- Bharatanatyam
- True
- True
- True
- Odissi
- Yakshagana
- Garba
- True
- Madhubani painting
- Tamil Nadu
- Gujarat
- Gujarat
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