Practice Quiz: Indian Dance Forms MCQs for TNPSC, SSC, UPSC & State Exams

Girls perform the Loor during the month of ‘Phalguna’. This dance is named so because the word ‘Loor’ means girl in the Bhangra areas of Haryana.

‘Sattriya’ or ‘Sattriya Nritya’ is a major Indian classical dance. It is a dance-drama performance art with origins in the Krishna-centered Vaishnavism monasteries of Assam.

Kadsa dance is a dance style performed carrying a ‘Kalasha’ (earthen pot). This is a female dominated dance.

Saswati Sen is a Kathak dancer.

Mayurbhanj Chhau is originally a tribal dance which originated from the forests of Mayurbhanj, Odisha in the 18th century.

Birhor dance is a tribal folk dance from Jharkhand. The Birhors are a tribal community which is scattered throughout the state Jharkhand and they mainly perform this Dance Form.

‘Behdienkhlam’ (chasing away the Demon of Cholera) is celebrated annually in July after the sowing period and is the most important dance festival of the Jaintia tribes of Meghalaya.

Mrichchhakatika means ‘The little clay cart’ is written by sidraka. Poverty is the main theme of this play.

Dhimsa is a tribal dance form of Andhra Pradesh that is performed primarily by Porja caste women.

Dhimsa is a tribal dance of the tribes in the eastern part of Andhra Pradesh, like Araku valley near Vizag.

Performed by women dressed in traditional attire, the women dance while balancing earthen pots or matkis on their heads. It belongs to the state of Madhya Pradesh.

The Kolkali dance means a stick dance. This specific Indian folk dance is very popular in the Lakshadweep islands.

Kathakali is a classical dance form of Kerala. It is a harmonious combination of 5 forms of fine art – Literature, Music, Painting, Acting and Dance.

Bhands are the traditional folk entertainers and plays of the Bhands are called panther. It is predominantly practised in Jammu & Kashmir.

Cheraw dance is a traditional cultural dance performed in Mizoram, India, consisting of mostly six to eight people holding a pair of bamboo staves.

Hallisaka is a group dance native to Gujarat. It is a type of group dance in which a young man stands in the middle of damsels who form a circular ring by joining hands.

Bhootada Kola is a spiritual folk dance in which some rituals involve walking on a bed of hot coal and is practised in coastal districts of Karnataka.

Dumhal is a dance performed in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir only by men of the Watal tribe.

‘Saila’ dance originated in the state of Chattisgarh. This dance is performed only by boys after the harvest season in the Hindu month of Aghan.

Yampuri is a traditional puppetry art form of Bihar. The puppets employed in this art form are made of wood and manipulated by strings.