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