This Art & Culture quiz on Folk Dances of India puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
Bihu is the well-known folk dance of which Indian state?
Bihu is danced chiefly at Rongali or Bohag Bihu, the Assamese new year festival that falls in April and opens the sowing season.
Read the full explanation →Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance of which state?
Ghoomar is danced by women in a wide ghagra who move in a circle and turn on the spot, the swirl of the skirt giving the dance its name.
Read the full explanation →Lavani, performed to the beat of the dholki, is associated with which state?
Lavani combines song and dance and is performed mainly by women in a nine-yard saree to the sharp beat of the dholki.
Read the full explanation →Seraikella, one of the three styles of the Chhau dance, belongs to which state?
Chhau is a martial masked dance of eastern India with three recognised styles, and Seraikella Chhau takes its name from the former princely seat of Seraikella in Jharkhand, where the royal house trained and refined it.
Read the full explanation →Cheraw, popularly known as the bamboo dance, is the folk dance of which state?
In Cheraw, men sit facing each other and hold long bamboo staves horizontally, clapping them together in a steady beat, while women in the Mizo puan step in and out of the closing gaps without letting a foot be caught.
Read the full explanation →Hojagiri, danced by women balancing on an earthen pitcher, belongs to which state?
Hojagiri is danced by women of the Reang community of Tripura, who balance on an earthen pitcher while keeping a bottle with a lit lamp on the head, and bend the upper body while the feet stay still.
Read the full explanation →Dollu Kunitha, a vigorous drum dance of the Kuruba community, is a folk dance of which state?
In Dollu Kunitha the dancers hang a large drum, the dollu, from the neck and beat it while moving in fast formations, and the dance belongs to the Kuruba shepherd community, who perform it in the service of their deity Beereshwara.
Read the full explanation →The Kalbeliya dance, inscribed by UNESCO in 2010, belongs to which state?
Kalbeliya is the song and dance tradition of the Kalbeliya community of Rajasthan, who were traditionally snake charmers, and the dancer in a black swirling skirt imitates the movement of a serpent to the been and the khanjari.
Read the full explanation →Bhangra, danced to the dhol at the harvest festival of Baisakhi, is the folk dance of which state?
Bhangra is the men's dance of the Punjab harvest, danced at Baisakhi in April to the beat of the dhol, with leaps, shoulder work and the raised arms that everyone recognises.
Read the full explanation →Ka Shad Nongkrem, a thanksgiving dance of the Khasi people, is performed in which state?
Nongkrem is the harvest thanksgiving dance of the Khasi people, held over several days at Smit, the seat of the Khyrim chiefdom near Shillong, where unmarried women dance in the centre in heavy silver and gold ornaments while men dance around them with swords and whisks.
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