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