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EasyConsider the following pairs:
- 1.Garba: Gujarat
- 2.Mohiniattam: Odisha
- 3.Yakshagana: Karnataka
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) 1 and 3 only
Garba is Gujarat's folk dance and Yakshagana is Karnataka's dance-drama, but Mohiniattam belongs to Kerala, not Odisha (Odisha's classical dance is Odissi).
- ✓ 1. Garba is a folk dance of Gujarat, danced at Navratri.
- ✗ 2. Mohiniattam is the classical dance form of Kerala.
- ✓ 3. Yakshagana is a traditional dance-drama of coastal and Malnad Karnataka.
Remember · Mohiniattam is Kerala's; Odissi is Odisha's. Garba is Gujarat's.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India, Part I, Ch 3 (practise this chapter) · Class 11 Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India, Part I, Ch 3 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 11 · Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India, Part I, Chapter 3 “Dances of this category are the Bihu of Assam, the Dandiya Raas and Garba of Gujarat, the Bhangra of Punjab, the Chari of Rajasthan, etc.”
- NCERT Class 11 · Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India, Part I, Chapter 3 “Mohiniattam, the female dance form of kerala with its origin in the temples of Kerala was shaped to its present form by the Travancore Mah”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2014, General Studies paper. UPSC did not publish an answer key for 2014: the answer shown is the one the sources above support. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 24 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·