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