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