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