Kathak Dance Quiz

What is the meaning of the term 'kathak'?

• Story-teller

• Dance form

• Temple

• Sanskrit

When did Kathak begin evolving into a distinct mode of dance?

• Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries

• Twelfth and thirteenth centuries

• Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

• Nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Which movement contributed to the evolution of Kathak as a dance form?

• Bhakti movement

• Sufi movement

• Freedom movement

• Social reform movement

What were the folk plays called in which the legends of Radha-Krishna were enacted?

• Rasa lila

• Kathak plays

• Bhakti plays

• Folk dances

Where was Kathak performed during the Mughal era?

• Court

• Temples

• Villages

• Palaces

Under whose patronage did Kathak grow into a major art form?

• Wajid Ali Shah

• Akbar

• Shah Jahan

• Aurangzeb

In which two regions did Kathak develop into different traditions or gharanas?

• Jaipur and Lucknow

• Delhi and Agra

• Varanasi and Kolkata

• Mumbai and Chennai

By the third quarter of the nineteenth century, Kathak was firmly entrenched as a dance form in which areas?

• Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir

• Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan

• Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

• Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur

What is the main focus of the quiz passage?

• The history and evolution of Kathak

• The different gharanas of Kathak

• The legends of Radha-Krishna

• The patronage of Wajid Ali Shah

What is the reading level of this quiz?

• Grade 7

• Grade 5

• Grade 9

• Grade 11