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