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