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