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