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