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