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