Skip to content

Practice Festivals and Fairs – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

50 questions. Choose an option and see at once whether it was right, with the correct answer and a worked solution. No timer, and nothing to submit.

0 of 50 answered

0 correct0 wrong

Answers here are not saved.Sign in to track your progress

  1. Question 1

    Consider the following statements about harvest festivals of South and North India:

    1. The four days of Pongal are Bhogi Pongal, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal.

    2. Onam falls in the Malayalam month of Chingam and is celebrated for ten days.

    3. Baisakhi marks the start of the harvesting of Kharif crops.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  2. Question 2

    Match List-I (Festival) with List-II (State):

    List-I (Festival)List-II (State)
    A. Nuakhai1. Assam
    B. Wangala2. Sikkim
    C. Losoong3. Odisha
    D. Bihu4. Meghalaya

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

  3. Question 3

    Consider the following statements about Himalayan festivals:

    1. The Hemis Festival is held at Hemis Monastery near Leh.

    2. The Hemis Festival marks the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava.

    3. Losoong comes at the beginning of the sowing season.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  4. Question 4

    Consider the following statements:

    1. Chhath Puja is a four-day festival of worship of Surya and Chhathi Maiya, and it is also called Surya Shashti.

    2. The International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad is held on 14 January along with Uttarayan.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  5. Question 5

    Arrange the following in the chronological order of their inscription on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list:

    1. Durga Puja in Kolkata

    2. Ramlila

    3. Deepavali

    4. Kumbh Mela

    Select the correct chronological order.

  6. Question 6

    Match List-I (Kumbh Mela site) with List-II (State):

    List-I (Kumbh Mela site)List-II (State)
    A. Prayagraj1. Maharashtra
    B. Haridwar2. Uttar Pradesh
    C. Ujjain3. Madhya Pradesh
    D. Nashik4. Uttarakhand

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

  7. Question 7

    Consider the following statements about fairs and temple festivals:

    1. The Pushkar Mela is a camel and livestock fair held between October and November.

    2. The Sonepur Mela is held at the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna.

    3. The Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath at Puri begins on Ashadh Shukla Dwitiya.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  8. Question 8

    Match List-I (Festival) with List-II (Associated feature):

    List-I (Festival)List-II (Associated feature)
    A. Hornbill Festival1. Display of Thang-Ta
    B. Sangai Festival2. Month of Chaitra
    C. Thrissur Pooram3. Kisama Heritage Village
    D. Gangaur4. Thekkinkadu Maidanam

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

  9. Question 9

    Consider the following statements about Bihu:

    1. Assam celebrates three Bihu festivals in a year.

    2. Bohag Bihu falls in the month of Bohag (Baisakh), that is, around mid-April.

    3. Bohag Bihu coincides with Makar Sankranti in January.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  10. Question 10

    Match List-I with List-II:

    List-I (Festival)List-II (Associated fact)
    A. Wangala1. Chhathi Maiya is worshipped along with Surya
    B. Uttarayan2. Name of Makar Sankranti in Gujarat
    C. Losoong3. Called Namsoong by the Lepchas
    D. Chhath Puja4. Hundred drums festival of the Garo community

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Recommended courses for CAT & OMET

All CAT & OMET courses
Chat with an academic counsellor on WhatsApp