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