Set 2 | Important Indian Festivals, Fairs and Calendars MCQs 2024

Correct Answer is D.

• Durga Puja is celebrated in September or October reverencing the goddess Durga.
• It is most popular in West Bengal.
• Devi Durga is seen holding weapons in her ten hands to kill Mahisasura(demon).
• The priest worships the idol of Devi Durga and chant traditional mantras.

Correct Answer is A.

• Ratha Yatra is a major Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannatha (avatar of Lord Vishnu) held at Puri, Odisha.
• The 3 deities, Lord Jagannatha, his elder brother  Lord Balabhadra and their sister Subhadra are worshipped in the temple.
• The 3 deities make an annual journey to their aunt’s temple (Gundicha temple), 2 km away from Lord Jagannath temple.
• The idol of these three deities are also made of wood and they are religiously replaced by new ones in every 12 years.

Correct Answer is C.

• Chhath Puja is an important festival that is mainly celebrated in Bihar.
• The rituals include: fasting, holy bathing, offering prayers to the rising and setting sun, and meditating by standing in water.
• In addition to Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern UP, MP, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh also celebrate this festival.

Correct Answer is A.

• The Sikh community celebrates the day of Vaisakhi with euphoric enthusiasm, as it was on this day that the community received a clear identity in the form of Khalsa.
• This day is celebrated by the Sikhs across the globe, but the main celebrations take place at Gurudwara Keshgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib (Punjab).
• To mark this occasion Sikhs organize large fairs and parades.
• This festival usually falls in the month of April.

Correct Answer is C.

• Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti celebrated in the name of anniversaries of Gurus as “Gurupurb” is an important feature of the Sikh way of life.
• In the Sikh tradition, the day signifies the celebration of the holy day to commemorate one or other anniversaries related to the lives of the Gurus.

Correct Answer is B.

• Guru Nanak Gurpurab is celebrated, in the month of November, this day, as the name suggests, marks the birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev.
• As per tradition, Akhand Path, which involves, forty-eigght-hour reading of Guru Granth Sahib, without any break is organized at various Gurdwaras, two days before his birthday.
• A day before the occasion, a huge procession is led by the Panj Pyares and accompanied by the Guru Granth Sahib, Kept on a beautiful Palanquin.

Correct Answer is D.

• Primary festival of Christian is Christmas.
• The festival of Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus and conveys his message of love, tolerance and brotherhood.
• The first mention of 25^th December as the birth date of Jesus occurred in 336 CE in an early Roman calendar.

Correct Answer is A.

• Lent is the time when Christians prepare for Easter, by repenting for the wrongs they have committed.
• In the past it was so long, strict religious fast when people gave up all rich food. The day before Lent starts is known as Shrove Tuesday. The Christian church no longer imposes a strict fast.
• Lent is a time when some Christians try to overcome their own faults because they believe that it was man’s sin which led Jesus to be crucified.

Correct Answer is C.

• Good Friday is remembered as the day on which Jesus was crucified.
• Observance includes prayer, fast and meditation at the stations of the crosses, depicting Christ’s crucifixion and the events leading up to it.

Correct Answer is B.

• Easter is the season in which Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus.
• It is the most important festival in the Christian year. Jesus’ resurrection is at the centre of the Christian faith.