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