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