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