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