Lesson – 14th Festivals and Celebrations

Exercise Time
A. Tick the correct option :--
1. …………… is a national festival .
—-- All of these
2. India got independence on ………..
15th August , 1947
3. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched …………
Guru purab – Santa Claus
4. It is celebrated on 14th of November ……………
Children's Day
B. Fill in the blanks :--
1. Pongal is celebrated in Tamil Nadu .
2. Holi is the festival of spring season .
3. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday is celebrated as children's day.
4. Baisakhi is mostly celebrated in Punjab .
5. Kerala's main festival is Onam .
6. On Christmas special prayers are held in the churches .
C. Answer the following questions :---
1. Three types of festivals are celebrated in India such as National festivals,
Religious festivals and Harvest festivals .
2. Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti
3. Diwali , Eid and Holi
4. Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated as the birth day of lord Mahavira .
5. Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti are three National festivals
of India . Independence Day is celebrated on 15th August, Republic Day on 26th
January and Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on 2nd October .
6. During the festival of Holi all men , women and children play with coloured water
and powder called Gulal thatswhy Holi is called festival of colours.
7. Raksha Bandhan marks the love and bonding between brothers and sisters. On
this day sister's tie Rakhi on their brother's wrist and pray for their long
life .Brother's give them some gifts .
8. Christmas is celebrated as the birthday of lord Jesus Christ on 25th, December
every year while Guru purab is celebrated in honour of ten Sikh Gurus .
9. Children's Day is celebrated as the birthday of our first Prime Minister Pt.
Jawaharlal Nehru on 14th of November every year while teachers' day is
celebrated as the birth day of our second president Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on 5th
of September every year.