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