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