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