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