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