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Contents
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1. INDIAN FESTIVALS
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1.1 INDIAN FESTIVALS
1. On which date Christmas is celebrated ev-
ery year?
A. 25th September
B. 25th October
C. 25th January
D. 25th December
C. Ajanta C. paysam
D. candy
D. Sanchi
5. Which festival commemorates the birth of
3. How many states are there in India? the much-loved elephant-headed Hindu de-
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. D
1.1 INDIAN FESTIVALS 3
ity who is regarded as the remover of ob- 10. Jallikattu is bull taming event held mainly
stacles? in
D.
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India?
A. Christmas A. Rain God
B. Diwali B. Sun God
C. Eid
C. Moon God
D. Independence day
D. Fire God
16. In which festival do we celebrate the birth
of Jesus Christ? 20. The Hornibill Festival is one of the impor-
tant festivals celebrated in
A. Janmashtami
A. Meghalaya
B. Christmas
B. Mizoram
17. Which festival is this?
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Nagaland
A. Vishu
B. Pongall
26. The birth of which lord is celebrated every 32. Which of these is NOT a day of holy
year all across India on Janmashtami fes- week?(Reference:Good Friday)
tival?
A. Vishnu
B. Shiva
C. Ganesha
D. Krishna
24. C 25. A 26. D 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. C
1.1 INDIAN FESTIVALS 6
33. How many types of festivals are there 38. Which festival is celebrated to show our
mainly celebrated in India? devotion towards Maa Ambe?
A. 2 A. Durga Puja
B. 4 B. Ganesh Chaturthi
C. 3 C. Navaratri
D. 1 D. Onam
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34. is celebrated in honour of the Hindu de- 39. People from which state celebrate their
ity, Lord Shiva. This festival symbolizes harvest around Makar Sakranti?
the overcoming of ignorance and darkness
in life. A. Karnataka
B. Janmashtami C. Cherry
34. A 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. C 39. A 40. A 41. C 42. B 43. B
1.1 INDIAN FESTIVALS 7
A. 12th
B. 13th
C. 11th
A. Vaisakhi
D. 14th
B. Janmashtami
C. Guru Nanak Gurpurb 49. Which festival is this?
D. Holla Mohalla
46. Identify the great person in the picture
A. Ganesh Chathurthi
B. Christmas
50. Pongal, the harvest festival, is celebrated 54. Lohri, the harvest festival, is celebrated in
in which state? which Indian state?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Cherry
C. Odisha
D. Punjab
A. Punjab
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51. The festival to celebrate the end of the
B. Cherry
fasting of Ramadan is called
C. Tamil Nadu
A. id-ul-a
D. Assam
B. Idealism
C. Id-ul-Fitr 55. the no of days that separate Dusshera &
Diwali every year are about
D. Ashura
A. 14
52. Name the festival known as “festival of B. 20 / 21
colours”
C. 24 / 25
A. Holi
D. it is not fixed at all
B. Onam
C. Vishu 56. Why is Janmashtami(Govinda) cele-
brated?
D. Eid
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B. 2nd november
tree?
C. 15 august
A. Independence Day
D. none of above
B. Christmas
72. Which Hindu festival is celebrated by sis-
68. Identify the festival ters who tie a colourful, decorative thread
on the writs of their brothers and perform
puja for their long life and good health?
A. Janmashtami
B. Holi
C. Ganesh Chaturthi
A. Diwali
D. Rakhi
B. Raksha Bandhan/Rakhi
69. Which festival is celebrated to mark the C. Holi
return of Shri Rama to Ayodhya D. Ganesh Chaturthi
A. Christmas
73. Which festival is celebrated as the birth
B. Diwali of Lord Krishna, who is considered as the
C. Dussehra eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu?
D. Guruparb
A. Navratri
B. Diwali
B. Maha Shivarathri
C. Saraswati Puja
D. Janmashtami
A. Lohri
B. Navarathri
C. Ganesh Chaturthi
A. Vaisakhi D. Dussehra
80. Kumbh Mela is held every 85. We celebrate Navratri for how many
days?
A. 8 years
A. 9
B. 10 years
B. 12
C. 12 years
C. 1
D. 14 years
D. 33
81. Which of these is not a harvest festival?
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86. Which animal pulls the sledge of Santa
A. Onam Claus?
B. Dusshera A. Cow
B. Buffalo
C. Makar Sankranti
C. Reindeer
D. none of above
D. Elephant
82. Papeti is the festival of
87. Janmashtami festival is the birth of which
A. Hindus lord?
B. Christians A. Brahma
C. Islam’s B. Shiva
D. Parsis C. Ganesha
D. Krishna
83. New year is celebrated on
88. Goddess Saraswati is worshiped on which
A. 1st January festival
B. 1st June A. Basant Panchami
C. 1st November B. Holi
D. 2nd December C. Diwali
D. Buddha Purnima
84. On the banks of which river this famous
marble monument situated?
Explanation:
A. Ganga
B. Yamuna
C. Narmada A. Easter
D. Bear B. Christmas
A. Hinduism
B. Islam
C. Sikhism
D. Buddhism
95. Which festival is this?
A. 7
B. 10
C. 8
D. 3
98. Which states in India celebrate Onam? 103. Which festival is this?
A. New Delhi
B. Cherry
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C. Punjab A. Pongal
D. Rajasthan B. Vishu
C. Shivarathri
99. Onam is an important festival celebrated
mostly in one state of India. Which state D. Onam
is this?
104. Ganesh Chaturthi lost state patronage
A. cherry and became a private family celebration
B. andhra pradesh again till its revival by Indian freedom
C. MaharaStrastra, fighter and social reformer
A. Crackers
B. Light
C. Colours
D. Dance
A. The land of colours
101. which of the following is not a religious
festival? B. The land of Festivals
A. Janmashtami
B. Holi
A. Raj Mahal Palace
C. Ganesh Chaturthi
B. Fredo Lake Palace
D. Rakhi
C. For her, Will Palace
108. How often is the festival of Navratri cel-
ebrated in India? D. Mysore Palace
A. 1
B. 4
C. 2
D. 3
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D. Maha Shivaratri
A. 15th August
B. 26 January
C. 25 December
D. 1 January
114. Papeti is celebrated by
A. Hindus
B. Parsis
C. Muslims
A. Diwali
D. Christians
B. Vishu
115. Who started the celebration of Ganesh ut-
sav in Maharashtra. C. Holi
A. Force Ganga Dhar Tilak D. Christmas
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Chandra Shekhar Azad 119. Who saves Prahlada caught inside fire
with pyre.?
D. Light
116. Which festival is this?
A. Lord Krishna
A. Onam
B. Lord Shiva
B. Pongal
C. Thrissur Pooram C. Lord Narasimha
D. Holi D. Lord Brahma
120. The beginning of the year in January 125. The International Kite Festival in Gujarat
marks the celebration of the Sankranti or is held in the month of-
Pongal festival. What does this festival
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131. Identify which Indian festival is this?
A. 10-20
B. 75-100
C. 20-40
A. Holi
D. 50-75
B. Diwali
C. Republic day 136. Halloween is celebrated world wide on
D. none of above A. 31 Oct
B. 31 Aug
132. Which festival is known as the “Festival
of Lights”? C. 30 Nov
A. Dusshera D. 30 Sep
B. Diwali 137. Boxing day falls on the next day of a
C. Holi very popular festival:in which month is
boxing day celebrated
D. Raksha Bandhan
A. December
133. The festival of Janmashtami comes in
B. January
A. August-September
C. March
B. June-July
D. April
C. October-November
138. Which festival is known as victory of
D. January-February
good over evil.
134. Who is the father of India? A. Navros
B. Dussehra
C. Ramadan
D. Good Friday
141. Which festival is this? 145. Navratri is celebrated for nine nights and
goddess is worshipped.
A. Goddess Laxmi
B. Goddess Durga
C. Goddess Saraswati
D. Goddess Padma
A. Diwali
A. Cherry
B. Delhi B. Navratri
A. Dussehra
B. Diwali
C. Holi
A.
D. Durga Puja
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B. Hazrat Umar
B.
C. Prophet Muhammad
D. Hazrat Bilal
A. Maha shivratri
B. Janmashtami A. Makarsankranti
C. Holi
B. Holi
D. Saraswati Puja
C. Dusshera
158. The holy book of muslim people D. Crutch
A. Zend Avasta
162. In which of the following month festival
B. Sentence of forests is celebrated in India?
C. Quran A. June
D. Bible
B. September
159. Diwali is the shortened version of Deep- C. May
avali. What does the word Deepavali ac-
D. July
tually mean?
A. row of lighted lamps 163. Which festival is celebrated to commem-
B. festival of lights orate the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya
after defeating Ravana?
C. circle of lights
A. Holi
D. festival
B. Diwali
160. Situated in Mumbai it is a UNESCO World
C. Dussehra
Heritage Site. Do you know what this his-
toric place is? D. Janmashtami
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A. Autumn
B. Spring
A. Lohri
B. Navratri C. Monsoon
C.
A. Diwali A. April
B. New year B. january
172. Who started the practice of worshipping C. june
Goddess Durga in autumn, better known
as ‘Akal Bodhon’? D. august
A. Ram
B. Ravana
C. Vibhishan
D. Bharata
173. Pongal and Lohri is what type of festival A. Hindu
A. Victory B. Muslims
B. Spring season C. Sikhs
C. National
D. Christian
D. Harvest
174. Which of these foods do Assamese eat on 177. Choose the correct answer
Bihu?
A.
B.
A. Sankranti
B. teacher’s Day
178. This grand and historical palace was built 181. What is the festival which celebrates the
by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh. Can you love between brothers and sisters called?
identify it? A. Janmashtami
B. Navratri
C. Rakhi
D. Christmas
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Mela held in
A. Khetri Mahal A. Jharkhand
B. Expensive air B. Rajasthan
A. Janmashtami
A. Eid
B. Makar Sankranti
B. Diwali
C. Pongal
C. Holi
D. none of above
D. Navaratri
184. Where is Taj Mahal located?
180. Identify the most popular Hindu Festival
A. Eid A. Agra
B. Diwali B. Kolkata
C. Holi C. New Delhi
D. Navaratri D. Hyderabad
185. What does Gudi signify? 191. Identify the given picture.
A. Symbol of happiness
Explanation:
A. Makar Sankranti
A. Peda
B. A type of sweet
C. Fashions
D. Clever
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C. Dusshera
D. Holi
A. Ghughuti
B. Thingyan
C. Songkran A. sweet dish
D. Uttarayan B. Fashions
203. The Parsi new year is known as 208. The festival of Ganesh chaturthi is mainly
A. JAMSED E Navros celebrated in which state.
213. Another name of Tiger dance that is per- 219. Kathakali dance is associated with the in-
formed on the occasion of festival “Onam” dian state of
in Kerala. A. Tamilnadu
A. Pookalam B. Andhra Pradesh
B. Pulikali C. Telangana
C. Chingam D. Cherry
D. Synagogue
220. The Father of our Nation is
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214. Lalbaghcha Raja is the idol of which fes- A. Mahatma Gandhi
tival? Where is it widely celebrated
B. Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel
A. Durga Puja-West Bengal
C. Nehru
B. Ganesh Chaturthi-Maharashtra
D. Indra Gandhi
C. Pongal-Kerala
D. None of these options 221. Which festival do Jains celebrate?
A. Ganesh Chaturthi
215. The Desert Festival, an annual event in
Rajasthan that displays local folk arts and B. Onam
culture, aerobatics, camel races, is held at C. Crutch
A. Jodhpur D. Mahavir Jayanti
B. Jaisalmer 222. This is a popular festival of Mysore
C. Barmer
D. Bikaner
216. Which is the festival of light
A. Diwali
B. Holi
C. Makar Sankranti
D. none of above A. Dussera
B. Onam
217. In which of the following month festival
of forests is celebrated in India? C. Pongal
A. June D. None
B. May 223. Bamboo Dance is the folk dance of which
C. September state?
D. July
218. On what day does Easter fall every year
A. 21 April
B. 28 April
C. 14 April
D. Does not fall on a fixed day
A. Manipur
B. Tripura
226. What is the folk dance performed in this 229. Where is Onam mostly celebrated
picture called? A. Karnataka
B. Nepal
C. Haryana
D. Cherry
230. Identify the common meal had at lunch.
A.
B.
A. Kathak
B. Bhangra
231. Which one is an Indian festival
C. Future A. Summer fest
D. Garba B. Christmas
227. Which form of dance is associated with C. Navratri
Navratri? D. None
232. Which festival is this? 235. How many types of festivals are there
mainly celebrated in India?
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A. Ganesh Chathurthi
B. Onam
A. 2
C. Dussera
B. 4
D. Christmas
C. 3
233. Which festival is this? D. 1
A. Vishu
B. Onam
C. Eid
A. Sankranti
D. Christmas B. Shivratri
234. What are the three national festivals In- 237. When is Makarsankranti celebrated?
dia?
A. 14th January
A. Gandhi Jayanti, Republic Day, Inde-
pendence Day B. 14th February
C. 16th January
B. Holi, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanti
D. 17th February
C. Diwali, Independence Day, Republic
Day 238. Boat races of Kerala are a special feature
D. Independece day, Republic Day, Pon- of which festival?
gal A. Gad
B. Onam
C. Pongal
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249. The holy book of Parsi people.
A. Bible
B. Quran
C. JAMSED E Navros
D. Zend Avasta A. Vishu
B. Thiruvonam
250. Pongal is know as festival
C. Christmas
A. Harvest
D. Thrissur Pooram
B. Lights
255. People of which religion celebrate Eid?
C. Colours
A. Hindus
D. None
B. Sikhs
251. Which festival is also known as ‘THE FES- C. Jains
TIVAL OF CHARIOTS’? D. Muslims
A. Buddha Jayanti
256. In which state of India, Chatth Puja is
B. Eid al-Fitr prominently celebrated?
C. Ratha Yatra A. Assam
D. Thrissur Pooram B. Bihar
252. India is called as ? C. West Bengal
A. Saraswati
B. Durgama
C. Chamundi Devi
D. Mother Mary
A. Festival of Doves
B. Festival of Love
A. Winter
C. Festival of Victory
B. Monsoon
D. Festival of Revenge
C. summer
D. none of above 262. Holika Dahan is celebrated before which
festival?
260. Is chaat breakfast. A. Crutch
B. BiH
C. Holi
D. Mewar
A. Chennai
B. New Delhi
C. Bengaluru
D. Moon
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A. Deepawali
B. Onam
C. Vishu
A. Vishu
B. Onam D. holi
C. Eid
268. Identify Maharashtrian street snack.
D. Christmas
265. While 1st January is New Year’s Day ac- A.
cording to the Gregorian Calendar, in the
Hindu calendar the beginning of new year
usually falls in the month of April. By what
name is it celebrated?
A. Ugly B.
B. Vasant Panchami
C. sunset
D. Buddha Purnima 269. Which festival is this?
266. Capital city of India is?
A. .Christmas eve
B. Onam Eve