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