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