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