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