Set 4 | Important Indian Festivals, Fairs and Calendars MCQs 2024

Correct Answer is D.

• Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, when Jews believe God decides what will happen in the year ahead.
• The synagogue services for this festival emphasise God’s Kingship and include the blowing of the shofar, a ram’s horn trumphet.
• This is also God’s time for judgement. Jews believe God balances a person’s good deeds over the last year against their bad deeds and decides their fate accordingly.
• The 10 days beginning with Rosh Hashanah are known as the Days of Awe, during which Jews are expected to find all the people they have hurt during the previous year and apologise to them.

Correct Answer is A.

• Dree is the festival of the Apatani tribe, it has gained popularity amongst other tribes in Arunachal Pradesh as well.
• Dree is the biggest festival of the Ziro Valley and is celebrated to ensure a good harvest.
• Traditional dance is performed and as a symbol of good harvest, cucumber is distributed to all.
• Women brew wine and people also savour various delicacies and rice/millet beer.

Correct Answer is C.

• Losar is a major festival in Arunachal Pradesh as it marks the Tibetan New Year.
• Tribes like Monpa, Sherdukpens, Memba, Khamba and Nah following the Mahayana sect of Buddhism celebrate this festival with pomp.
• This three day festival begins on February 11 each year.

Correct Answer is A.

• Mopin festival is an agricultural festival of the Galo Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, which is celebrated in the month of April every year.
• It is celebrated with much gaiety for wealth, good health and universal happiness.

Correct Answer is B.

• Nyokum festival is another most prominent festival of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Celebrated by Nyishi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, Nyokum is a very colourful festival and reflects the interesting cultural heritage and ethnicity of the yishi tribe.
• Nyokum festival is celebrated every year on 26^th February and it has slowly become a symbol of unity, harmony, and ethnicity.

Correct Answer is D.

• Solung is a festival of Arunachal Pradesh.
• It is celebrated by the Adis of on 1^st September every year.
• It is an agro based festival, but it also reflects the socio-religious features of the people.

Correct Answer is A.

• Bihu is a festival of Assam.
• It has three forms, viz. Bohag Bihu or Rangali Bihu in Agril, Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu in January and Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu in October/November.
• Celebrated to welcome the Assamese New Year, Bohag Bihu is one of the most prominent festivals in Assam.
• The Bohag Bihu calls for huge celebrations beginning from April 14 each year. Although the festival is observed for 7 days, the celebration extends for about a month.

Correct Answer is C.

• Ambubachi Mela is celebrated in Assam.
• It is held in Guwahati, Assam.
• The festival is celebrated during the month of June in the Kamakhya temple.
• This mela can rightly be called the ‘Maha Kumbh of the East’.
• It is believed that during this time of each year Goddess Kamakhya goes through her annual menstrual cycle.
• The temple remains closed for three days and is considered unclean, however the devotees throng the temple’s premises to seek Goddess’ blessing, even though the gates are closed.

Correct Answer is B.

• Majuli is considered to be one of the most pleasing and beautiful festivals of Assam.
• River Luit becomes the host of the festival with preparations of the customaries taking place at its bank.
• The festival of Majuli invites the different ethnic and cultural groups to come together to display the prepossessing beauty of their customs and faiths.

Correct Answer is D.

• Kang Chingba is the biggest Hindu festival in Manipur.
• The festival is celebrated in the month of July each year and is similar to Puri Rath Yatra.
• It is an 8-day festival, which celebrated the journey of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra.
• The Yatra begins from Sri Govindajee Temple in Imphal and the car in which Lord Jagannath is carried is called ‘Kang’.