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