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