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