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