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