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