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