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