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