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