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