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