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