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