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