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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Indian Dances and Art

GK lesson 27: Indian dances and art · Set 382 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: the classical dance Manipuri comes from Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which folk dance comes from Assam? (a) Bihu (b) Dandiya Raas (c) Ghoomar (d) Giddha
  3. 3.🎭 Is Dandiya Raas a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
  4. 4.🎨 Which state does Warli painting come from? (a) West Bengal (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Bihar (d) Maharashtra
  5. 5.🎨 Which state does Madhubani painting come from? (a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) West Bengal
  6. 6.🎨 Which state does Gond painting come from? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Tamil Nadu
  7. 7.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kuchipudi come from? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Odisha (d) Manipur
  8. 8.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kathakali come from? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
  9. 9.Which painting style comes from West Bengal? (a) Tanjore painting (b) Madhubani painting (c) Phad painting (d) Kalighat painting
  10. 10.Which painting style comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Madhubani painting (b) Kalighat painting (c) Tanjore painting (d) Warli painting
  11. 11.True or false: the classical dance Kathakali comes from Andhra Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎭 Is Kuchipudi a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
  13. 13.🎭 Is Mohiniyattam a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
  14. 14.Which folk dance comes from Karnataka? (a) Lavani (b) Yakshagana (c) Dandiya Raas (d) Bhangra
  15. 15.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Bihu come from? (a) Rajasthan (b) Punjab (c) Maharashtra (d) Assam
  16. 16.True or false: the classical dance Kathakali comes from Odisha. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: the classical dance Sattriya comes from Odisha. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which classical dance comes from Andhra Pradesh? (a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kathak (c) Sattriya (d) Kuchipudi
  19. 19.Which classical dance comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Odissi (b) Kathak (c) Bharatanatyam (d) Sattriya
  20. 20.🤲 Mehendi (henna) designs are usually put on the ___. (a) teeth (b) hands (c) hair (d) nose
  21. 21.Which painting style comes from Madhya Pradesh? (a) Gond painting (b) Tanjore painting (c) Kalighat painting (d) Warli painting
  22. 22.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Giddha come from? (a) Assam (b) Maharashtra (c) Punjab (d) Karnataka
  23. 23.🪔 A diya is a small lamp usually made of ___. (a) plastic (b) glass (c) paper (d) clay
  24. 24.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Dandiya Raas come from? (a) Karnataka (b) Assam (c) Gujarat (d) Punjab
  25. 25.🎭 Is Odissi a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
  26. 26.Which folk dance comes from Gujarat? (a) Lavani (b) Bihu (c) Giddha (d) Dandiya Raas
  27. 27.True or false: the classical dance Sattriya comes from Assam. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Lavani come from? (a) Punjab (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Assam
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Dandiya Raas (b) Garba (c) Kathak (d) Bhangra
  30. 30.True or false: the classical dance Kuchipudi comes from Andhra Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which classical dance comes from Assam? (a) Mohiniyattam (b) Kuchipudi (c) Odissi (d) Sattriya
  32. 32.Which classical dance comes from Odisha? (a) Bharatanatyam (b) Odissi (c) Manipuri (d) Kathakali
  33. 33.True or false: the classical dance Kathak comes from Manipur. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎭 Is Garba a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
  35. 35.🎭 Is Manipuri a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
  36. 36.Which folk dance comes from Punjab? (a) Bhangra (b) Dandiya Raas (c) Garba (d) Yakshagana
  37. 37.🎭 Which classical dance from Kerala is a dance-drama with green-painted faces? (a) Kathak (b) Odissi (c) Manipuri (d) Kathakali
  38. 38.💃 Which state does the classical dance Odissi come from? (a) Assam (b) Odisha (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Manipur
  39. 39.Which folk dance comes from Maharashtra? (a) Yakshagana (b) Bhangra (c) Ghoomar (d) Lavani
  40. 40.Which painting style comes from Maharashtra? (a) Madhubani painting (b) Phad painting (c) Gond painting (d) Warli painting

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Bihu
  3. folk
  4. Maharashtra
  5. Bihar
  6. Madhya Pradesh
  7. Andhra Pradesh
  8. Kerala
  9. Kalighat painting
  10. Tanjore painting
  11. False
  12. classical
  13. classical
  14. Yakshagana
  15. Assam
  16. False
  17. False
  18. Kuchipudi
  19. Bharatanatyam
  20. hands
  21. Gond painting
  22. Punjab
  23. clay
  24. Gujarat
  25. classical
  26. Dandiya Raas
  27. True
  28. Maharashtra
  29. Kathak
  30. True
  31. Sattriya
  32. Odissi
  33. False
  34. folk
  35. classical
  36. Bhangra
  37. Kathakali
  38. Odisha
  39. Lavani
  40. Warli painting

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