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