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