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