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