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