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