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