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