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