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