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