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Indian Festivals and Culture

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Indian festivals and culture encompass diverse religious celebrations, harvest festivals, and regional traditions. Questions cover festivals like Holi, Maha Shivaratri, and Ugadi. Deepen your knowledge of cultural rituals and traditional practices for state level exams.

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Indian Festivals and Culture Questions

Multiple choice geography how seasons occur - part i how seasons occur rotation and calculation of time seasons and time

Tick the correct answer.
Christmas is celebrated in summer in

  1. Japan

  2. India

  3. Australia

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Christmas is celebrated in summer in Australia because Christmas is celebrated everywhere on 25 December, and that date — in most of Australia — is in the summertime. And, for Christians at least, Christmas is fundamentally about the birth of Christ — whenever that may have occurred — and not about winter.

Multiple choice

What does the popular Holi saying "Bura na mano, Holi hai" mean?

  1. Let me color you, it's Holi

  2. Don't mind, it's Holi

  3. Holi is the festival of colors

  4. Everybody loves Holi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'Bura na mano, Holi hai' is a common Hindi saying used during the festival, meaning 'Don't be offended, it is Holi,' as a way to excuse the playful throwing of colors.

Multiple choice

What North American event has derived from Holi customs?

  1. Spring break

  2. Color Run

  3. Easter

  4. Cinco de Mayo
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The 'Color Run' is a popular North American event series that involves participants being doused in colored powder, directly inspired by the traditions of the Indian festival of Holi.

Multiple choice

When is Holi usually celebrated in India?

  1. April

  2. June

  3. Late February or March

  4. November
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Holi is a spring festival celebrated in India, typically falling in the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna, which corresponds to late February or March in the Gregorian calendar.

Multiple choice

What is another name for Holi?

  1. Festival of Spring

  2. Color Run

  3. Festival of Colors

  4. Harvest Time
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Holi is widely known as the Festival of Colors due to the tradition of throwing colored powder and water during the celebration.

Multiple choice evs community decision making in a tribe gonds and ahom society a closer look - the gonds tribes, nomad and settled societies

Among the functions of the Panch are the fixing of the dates of major festivals, ___________.

  1. Allow marriages or divorces

  2. Set down norms for marriages or death rites

  3. Settle disputes

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
All of these are the functions of the Panch is fixing of the dates of major festivals. The events are importent. Still they give only isolated picture about the rites or phases and not a complete picture of life as a whole. In some instances, such as with the Dandari dancers, dances retell events from Gond mythology. At other times, dances are performed simply for fun. Dhulia are a professional musician caste and Pardhans (bards) preserve legends, myths, and history, passing these traditions on from generation to generation. Gonds also enjoy assembling on full-moon nights to sing and dance. Cockfighting is a favorite pastime. 
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What was made compulsory for the Punamchand Pandya's village on the day of Holi?

  1. To worship the statue

  2. Bowing at the statue

  3. Move around the statue

  4. Dance around the statue
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

As a form of humiliation and control, the British authorities made it compulsory for the villagers to move around the statue of Laji on the day of Holi.

Multiple choice civics india: social life social life in india tribal society diversity in social life

Which of the following festival is celebrated with great pomp in Punjab?

  1. Onam

  2. Ganesh Chaturthi

  3. Baisakhi

  4. Christmas
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The ‘Baisakhi’ festival of Punjab is celebrated with great pomp by all. The festival marks the time for harvest of rabi crops and they celebrate the day by performing joyful bhangra and gidda dance. This festival also has tremendous religious significance for the Sikhs.

Multiple choice civics india: social life social life in india tribal society diversity in social life

Festivals like Onam, ________ are celebrated with great enthusiasm in South India.

  1. Pongal

  2. Dussehra

  3. Diwali

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

South Indians are famous for their passion for religion, tradition, customs and culture. They follow a very ritualistic lifestyle. Therefore, festivals of South India make them popular all over the globe. Festivals like Onam, Pongal, Boat Races, Dussehra and Diwali are celebrated with great enthusiasm.