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