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