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KNOW YOUR DANCE THEORY - L3- (C)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The dance form we are learning is ________

a)

Bharatanatanam

b)

Bharatanatyam

c)

Bharatarajyam

2.

The Kudittu mettu adavu uses ____________ and __________ Paada bheda

a)

Samam + Kunchitam

b)

Agratala sancharaha + Anchitam

c)

Agratala sancharaha + Udghattitaha

3.

The ________, ___________and ______________ hastas are used in Naatua Adavu.

a)

Tripataka

b)

Pataka

c)

Alapadma

d)

Kapitta

e)

Katakamukhaha

4.

The major limbs of the body are called Angas.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The sloka Angikam bhuvanam yasya is on lord ___________ .

a)

Brahma

b)

Vishnu

c)

Shiva

d)

Saraswati

6.

The basics steps in Bharatanatyam are called ______

a)

Angas,

b)

Upangas,

c)

Adavus,

d)

Sthanas)

7.

When the foot is stretched out, and only the heel touches the floor with the toes pointing upward, what Paada bheda is it?

a)

Kunchitam

b)

Anchitam

c)

Samam

d)

Agratala Sancharaha

8.

The half-seated position is called Mandi sthana.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The technique of mardita adavu is referred to as ‘brush-beat- jump-beat’

a)

True

b)

False

10.

‘Tai- Ha- Tai- Hi’ is the syllabic representation of the Kudittu mettu adavu.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The Katakamukaha and ____________ hasta bhedas are used in Mardita adavu.

a)

Pataka

b)

Tripataka

c)

Alapadma

d)

Mushti

12.

The hasta bheda used to represent the feathers of a peacock is Mayurakhyo.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In the Araala hasta the index finger alone is bent.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The nilo anjana song is composed by _______ ?

a)

Subhash Chandra Bose,

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Bankim Chandra Bose

d)

Rajaram Mohan Roy

15.

The Nilo anjana Song is a song on ______

a)

Love for motherland

b)

The monsoon season

c)

Respect for teachers

d)

Importance of prayer

16.

The __________ hasta bheda is used to show the word ‘Bonolakshmi’.

a)
b)
c)
17.

The ______ hasta bheda is used to show the anklets of the forest goddess in the line ‘Jhonkrito taar Jhilliro Manjir’

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

The song Nilo anajna is in Bengali language.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The mardita adavu is used in the Bharatambe song.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

In the line ‘namo namo bharatambe badari chanda mandite’, the action to show ‘Badari’ (a place) is _______ ?

a)

suci + alapadma

b)

alapadma + tripataka,

c)

two tripataks crossed

d)

two patakas