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