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