Dollu Kunitha, a vigorous drum dance of the Kuruba community, is a folk dance of which state?

The correct answer is C, Karnataka. 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. Kunitha itself means a ritual dance offered to a deity, and Karnataka also has Veeragase, a dance of the Veerabhadra devotees, and the folk theatre Yakshagana.

Option A, Telangana, has Perini Shivatandavam, the Bathukamma dances of women and the Lambadi dance of the Banjara. Option B, Tamil Nadu, has Karagattam with a decorated pot on the head, Kolattam with sticks, Kummi and Oyilattam. Option D, Kerala, has the ritual forms Theyyam, Padayani and Mudiyettu and the women's Thiruvathirakali, danced at Onam. All four are southern states, which is why they are grouped in the options, but the drum named dollu and the Kuruba shepherd community together point only to Karnataka.