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