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