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