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