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TYPE-I ated with the tribal community
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1. Which of the following is called (SSC CAPFs (CPO) SI &ASI,Delhi
the storehouse of world-art col-
Police SI Exam. 05.06.2016 (1) Odisha
lections? (Ist Sitting) Ha Jharkhand
(1) National Archives of India 8. Jalikattu is associated with which (3) Madhya Pradesh
(2) National Museum Indian festival? (4) Rajasthan
(SSC Stenographer Grade C'& 'D'
(3) National Modren Art Gallery (1) Onamm e Pongal Exam. 11.09.2017(Ist Sitting
J Salarjung Museum (3) Bihu (4) Hornbill
(SSC CGL Tler-I (CBE) 15. The famous "Ganga Sagar Mela,
(SSC Combined Graduate Level an annual fair is held in which
Exam. 01.09.2016 (2nd Sitting))
Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 state of India?
(SSC CGL Tler-I CBE
(Middle Zone) and SSC CPO
(Exam) 12.08.2017 (lrd Sitting) (1) Bihar (2) Jharkhand
Sub-Inspector Exam. 12.01.2003)
9. Maithili is primarily spoken in (3) Uttar Pradesh
2. Whichofthe following is a famous
Assamese festiv ? whieh state? 4 West Bengal
) Bihar (2) Assam (SSC Stenographer Grade 'C' &'D
(1) Makar Sakranti Exam. 14.09.2017 (ist Sttting
(2) Yugadi (3) West Bengal (4) Meghalaya
(SSC CGL Tier-I CBE (Exam) 16. Which of the following is the 14th
(3) Onam Intangible Cultural Heritage from
4 Rongali Bihu 11.01.2017 (Second Stting)
India to be listed in UNESCO's
FCIAssistant Grade-II 10. Konkani is the official language
list of Intangible Cultural Heri-
Exam. 5.02.2012 (Paper-1) of
tage of Humanity?
3. Which of the following language (1) Chandigarh (1) Ramlila (2) Mudiyett
has been given the status of clas- (2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
3 Kumbh Mela
sical language by Central Govern (3 Daman and Diu
(4) Sankirtana
ment? (4 Delhi
(SSC Junior Engineer (Civil)
(1) Gujarati 2 ) Tamil (sSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I CBE (Exam)
Exam, 22.01.2018 (Ind Sitting)
(3) Marathi 4) Malayalam 20.01.2017 (Third Sitting (SSC Junior Engineer (Civil)
(SSC Stenographer (Grade'C' & D) 11. Bihu is a folk dance of which Exam, 23.01.2018 (st Sitting
Exam. 09.01.2011) state? 17. 31st Surajkund International
4. Rath Yatra' at Puri is celebrated Assam Crafts Mela has begun at which
in honour of (2) Maharashtira of the following city?
(1) Lord Rama (3) Odisha Faridabad (2) Jaipur
(2) Lord Shiva (4) Uttarakhand (3) New Delhi (4) Jaisalmer
3Y Lord Jagannath (sSC CHSL (10+2) Tler-1 CBE (SSC Junior Engineer (Civil)
(4 Lord Vishnu (Exam) 21.01.2017 (Second Sittng Exam, 23.01.2018 (Ist Sitting
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry 18. Where will be held Kumbh Mela-
Operator & LCD Exam, 04.12.2011 (dst
12. All souls day is a festival
(1) Buddhism (2) Jainism 2018?
Sitting (East Zone) (1) Ujjain (2) Haridwar
5. The most popular festival in Tamil (3Christian (4) Muslim
(SSC CAPFs ASI & Delhi Polkce SI (3) Nasik 4YAlahabad
Nadu is: Exam. 02.07.2017 (Ist Sitting (SSC Junior Engineer (Civil)
(1) Gudipadwa (2) Onam Exam, 24.01.2018 (lst Sitting
(3) Bihu A Pongal 13. Match the following
19. Match the following
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Festival State Festival State
Operator8& LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 1. Gangaur a. West Begal a. Maharashtra
1. Onam
(2nd Sttting) 2. Ganesh b. Rajasthan b. Andhra
6. Papeti is the festival of 2. Kuchipudi
Chaturthi Pradesh
T Parsis (2) Jains 3. Durga c. Maharashtra c. Tamil Nadu
(3) Sikhs 3. Pongal
(4) Buddhists Puja 4. Gudipadwa d. Kerala
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam. 1-b, 2- 3-a
17.03.2013, Kolkata Reglon)
) c,
(1)1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d
7. Which
(2) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b 2 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a
among the following city (3) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c (3) 1-b. 2-a, 3-d, 4+c
was
given as guru dakshina by (4) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b (4) 1-d, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a
Pandavas to Guru Dronacharya? Police
(SSC CGL Tler-I CBE (SSC CAPFs ASI & Delhi
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20. Which (3) Vesak 36. Which of the following is No
language was used by
part of the 'Char Diam Yatra'
Tulsidas for Ramcharitmanas? (4) Thai Pongal
(1) Sanskrit (2) Pali SSC SI in Delhi Police, CAPFs &
ASI (CISF) EXAM, 13.03.2019 (Shift-1)
North India?.
(1) Badrinath
(3) Prakrit JA Awadhi 28. Vesak commerates the birth of
(SSC Multi Tasking Staff Exam, (2) Gangotri
(Shift-m 21.10.2017)
(2) Mahavir
3 , Vaishno Devi
21. Thaipusam festhval is celebrated (1) Christ (4) Kedarnath
(3) Judas 4Buddha ssC CGL (CBE) Tier
by which of the following com SSC SI in Delhi Police. CAPFs & Exam, 13.06.2019 (Shift-
munities?
ASI (CISF) EXAM, 13.03.2019 (Shift-1) 37. During the 'SaoJoao' festivi-ties
(1) Telugu 29. The festival of Marabats and Goans present o each
2Tamil Badgyas celebrated in
(3) Malayalam confronts social evils
other.
(4) Marathi disrectly Y fruits (2) flowers
(SSC Multi Tasking Staff Exam. and criticise their perpetrators (3) beer (4) fish
(Shift-11) 23.10.2017) through a procession with effi- SSC CGL (CBE). Tier
22. Tamil is the official language of gies Exam. 13.06.2019 (Shifl-
(1) Jabalpur (2) Panaji 38. Khichdi, Uttarayan and Lohrí a-
Puducherry 3Nagpur SSC(4) Hyderabad
CGL(CBE) Tier-I
different names, of th
(2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Exam, 04.06.2019(Shift-lll)
festival
(3) Daman and Diu (1) Ganesh Chaturthi
30. Poush Mela displays local arti-
(4) Delhi (2) Dussehra
23. In which of the following states
sians displaying folk dances,
music, food and culture of_ J 8 Makar Sankarnti
is the festival of Hareli celebrat-
1) Gujarat (4) Holi
ed? SSC CGL (CBE) Tier
1) Odisha 2 West Bengal
Exam, 19.06.2019 (Shift-
(2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Rajasthan
(4) Uttarakhand 39. Which ofthe following art forms
(3) Punjab of Kerala is in UNESCO's list
SSC CGLICBE) Tier-I
4 Chhattisgarh Exam, 06.06.2019 (Shift-) the Intangible Cultural Herita
Constable (GD, CAPFs, NIA, SSF&
Riflemand (GD), Assam Riles 31. Ofwhich Indian state is Gamo- of Humanity?
EXAM, 01.03.2019) (Shift-1) cha' a cultural symbol? (1) Theyyam
24. In which state of India is Bhago- (1) Kerala J2) Assam 2) Kutiyattam
ria Haat festival celebrated? (3) Rajasthan (4) Haryana (3) Chakyar Koothu
(1) Rajasthan SSC CGL(CBE) Tier-I
(4) Thiruvathirakali
(2) Uttar Pradesh Exam, 10.06.2019 (Shift-1)
SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier
(3) Bihar 32. The Tanakh' is the sacred text
of which religion/sect?
Exam, 01.07.2019 (Shult-
4Madhya Pradesh 40. Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen
SSC Constable (GD), EXAM, Judaism Stepwell), which is in the
02.03.2019) (Shift-) (2) Taoism
25. Which unique festival/event, cel- UNESCO World Heritage List.
(3) Zen Buddhism
ebrated during October-Novem- (4) Confucianism locatedin
ber in Tamil Nadu, has the ritual SSC CGL (CBE) Tier-I (1 Madhya Pradesh
of walking on fire? Exam, 11.06.2019 (Shift-II) 2) Gujarat
(1) Minjar (2) Pulikkali 33. 'Dashain' is the grandest festival (3) Uttar Pradesh
r Thimithi (4) Madai of (4) Rajasthan
SSC CAPFs. NLA, SSF Constable (GD)
(1) Bangladesh SSC CHSL (10+2) Te
& Assam Rifles Rilleman (GD) Exam. 02.07.2019 (Sh1li-
EXAM, 05.03.2019) (Shift-)
(2) Bhutan
(3) Sri Lanka 41. 'Soorya Festival is associated
26. The famous festival of T'sokum
J4) Nepal which of the following cities?
Samai' is celebrated by the
people of which state to invoke SSC CGL (CBE) Tler-I HThiruvananthapuram
blessings for a rich harvest? Exam, 12.06.2019 (Shift-1) (2) Chennai
(1) Mizoram 34. In which of the following states (3) Jaipur
(2) Assamn is the Lusel' dialect spoken? (4) Hyderabad
(3) Meghalaya Mizoram (2) Goa SSC CHSL (10+2) Ter
(3) Manipur (4) Kerala Exam, 02.07.2019 (Shili-
Nagaland
SSC SI in Delhi Police, CAPFs & SSC CGL (CBE) Tler-r| 42. In which state is Tarnetar la"
ASI (CISF) EXAM, 12.03.2019 (Shift-) Exam, 13.06.2019 (Shift-1) celebrated annually?
27. i s a New Year Celebra- 35. Rehuke khim or 'cowrie shaw' ) Gujarat
tion of Sikkimese Bhutia which are traditional textiles of (2) Telangana
falls in the 10th month ofthe Sik (1) Assam (2) Jharkhand (3) Madhya Pradesh
kimese Lunar calendar. (3) Odisha 4) Nagaland (4) Manipur
SSC CGL (CBE) Tler-I SSC CHSL (10+2) Tie
(1) Ashura
Exam, 13.06.2019 (Shift-1) Exam. 05.07.2019 (Shil
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43. Bumchu' is a unique cultural fes-
tival celebrated in the Indian
state of:
(1) West Bengal
(2) Odisha
(3)Assam
A) Sikkim
ssc CHSL (10+2) Tier-
Exam, 08.07.2019 (Shift-1)
44. Dogri language is mainly spoken
in which of the following states/
union territories?
a ) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(3) Mizoram
(4 Tripura
SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I
Exam. 09.07.2019 (Shift-)
45. Which of the following is NOT a
classicallanguage of India?
(1) Odia J2Pali
(3) Kannada (4)Telugu
SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I
Exam, 11.07.2019 (Shift-I)
46. Dhanu Yatra' is an annual open
air theatrical performance cele-
brated in
(1) Uttarakhand
J2) Odisha
(3) Gujarat
(4 Assam
sSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I
Exam. 11.07.2019 (Shift-1)
47. What is Parsi New year known
as?
(1) Ugadi 2 Nowruz
(3) Pateti (4) Puthandu
SSC MTS Exam. 05.08.2019 (Shift-)
48. In which of the following states
is Ugadi festival considered im-
portant?
(1) Chhattisgarh
(2) Nagaland
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
4Karmataka
sSC MTS (Non-Technical)
Exam, 06.08.2019 (Shift-)
49. Minjar Mela is a popular fair of
which of the following states?
(1) Uttarakhand
(2 Jammu & Kashmir
A3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Punjab
SSC MTS (Non-Technical)
Exam, 09.08.2019 (Shift-1)
50. The Hemis Tsechu' festival com-
memorates the birth anniversa-
Iy of:
(1) Dalai Lama
(2) Gautama Buddha
(3rGuru Padmasambhava,
(4) Adi Shankaracharya
(SSC CAPFs SI, Delhi Police SI &
CISF ASI Exam, 09.12.2019(Shift-1))
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51. In which of the following states
is "Me-Dam-Me-Phí' the festival
of ancestor worship celebrated?
(1) Odisha
(2) Chhattisgarh
(3) Madhya Pradesh
Y Assam
SSC CAPRFs SI, Delhi Police SI &
CISFASI Exam, 09.12.2019(Shift-1))
52. Who started the Tamil weekly
magazine Kudi Arasu?
(1) Chinnaswami Subramanya
Bharathi
(2) TM Nair
3Periyar EV Ramasamy
(4) C Natesa Mudaliar
(SSC CAPFs SI, Delhi Police SI &
CISF ASIExam, 11.12.2019(Shift-1)
53. In which state is the Sarhul fes-
tival celebrated?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Chhattisgarh
J8y Jharkhand
(4) Assamn
(SSC CAPFs SI, Delhi Police SI&
CISF ASI Exam, 12.12.2019(Shift-1)
54. Who among the following played
the leading lady in the film
Mission Mangal' that tells the
dramatic true story of the womern
behind India's first mission to
Mars?
(1) Deepika Padukone
2Vidya Balan
(3) Kajol
(4) Kareena Kapoor
SSC CGL (CBE) Tier-
Exam, 03.03.2020 (Shift-)
55. In which of the following states
is the Madhavpur Mela celebrat
ed?
(1) Bihar
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3 Madhya Pradesh
14Gujarat
CGL (CBE) Tier-I Exam,
03.03.2020 (Shift-)
56. Which of the following festivals
means 'Merry making of the
Gods'?
(1) Diwali
(2 Lai Haraoba
(3) Makar Sankranti
(4) Pongal
CGL (CBE) Tiér-I Exam,
03.03.2020 (Shift-)
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