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