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