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