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