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