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