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