Fairs and Festivals GK Questions and Answers | Indian Culture MCQs

1. “Uruka” is a traditional festival of the state of:
  1. Assam
  2. West Bengal
  3. Odisha
  4. None of the above

Answer: Assam

2. In which country is the Salzburg Festival held every year?
  1. Austria
  2. France
  3. Bangladesh
  4. Switzerland

Answer: Austria

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3. In 1893 he started using the traditional religious Ganapati festival to stimulate nationalism among young Maharashtrains?. This passage refers to
  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. V.D. Savarkar
  3. Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

4. The Jewish festival of lights is
  1. Nikkahanu
  2. Hanuhakk
  3. Hakukkah
  4. Hanukkah

Answer: Hanukkah

5. The Festival of Dusshehra comes in
  1. Sep - Oct
  2. May - Jun
  3. Nov - Dec
  4. Jul - Aug

Answer: Sep – Oct

6. The Hornbill Festival is celebrated in which state ?
  1. Assam
  2. Meghalaya
  3. Nagaland
  4. Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: Nagaland

7. Bathukamma’ and ‘Bonalu’ are state festivals of: ?
  1. Karnataka
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Kerala
  4. Telangana

Answer: Telangana

8. In which state of India is the harvest festival of ' Kailpodh' celebrated by an indigenous community ?
  1. Odisha
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Jharkhand
  4. Karnataka

Answer: Karnataka

9. In which State is the Madhavpur Mela held annually?
  1. Gujarat
  2. Chhattisgarh
  3. Haryana
  4. Rajasthan

Answer: Gujarat

10. Which city is famous for Bali Jatra festival?
  1. Patna
  2. Raipur
  3. Cuttack
  4. Ranchi

Answer: Cuttack

11. Hornbill festival is celebrated in which State of India?
  1. Manipur
  2. Nagaland
  3. Mizoram
  4. Sikim

Answer: Nagaland

12. Sakewa is a religious festival celebrated by the Kirat Khambu Rai community of ______. ?
  1. Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Sikkim
  3. Meghalaya
  4. Nagaland

Answer: Sikkim

13. In which of the following places Agrasen Jayanti Mela is organized?
  1. Madana
  2. Alavalpur
  3. Patali
  4. Agroha

Answer: Agroha

14. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroj in India ?
  1. Iltutmish
  2. Balban
  3. Ala-ud-din Khilji
  4. Firuz Tughlaq

Answer: Balban

15. Saga Dawa is the festival of which state ?
  1. Sikkim
  2. Tripura
  3. Manipur
  4. Assam

Answer: Sikkim

16. Sawan officially begins on July 16th with the lively Harela festival celebrated ‘Harela’, the harvesting festival, is celebrated in the state of:
  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Uttarakhand
  3. Himachal Pradesh
  4. Haryana

Answer: Uttarakhand

17. What is the name of the festival that ends the fasting month of Ramzan?
  1. Idd-ul-Zuha
  2. Eid-Ul-Fitr
  3. Bakri ID
  4. IId

Answer: Eid-Ul-Fitr

18. In which of the following festivals the meaning is ' merry making of the gods' ?
  1. Diwali
  2. Pongal
  3. Li Haroba
  4. Makar Sankranti

Answer: Li Haroba

19. Vesak Poya festival, which is celebrated on a full moon day in May, belongs to which religion?
  1. Hinduism
  2. Christianity
  3. Buddhism
  4. None of the above

Answer: Buddhism

20. Ravindra Sangeet is a collection of folk songs which are sung during the festivals and rituals of a state ____ ?
  1. Himachal Pradesh
  2. Maharashtra
  3. West Bengal
  4. Bihar

Answer: West Bengal

21. Lohri festival is mainly related to which state?
  1. Haryana
  2. Punjab
  3. Uttar Pradesh
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: Punjab

22. In which of the following Indian states is the Lai Haraoba festival celebrated ?
  1. Goa
  2. Karnataka
  3. Manipur
  4. Kerala

Answer: Manipur

23. At Puhar or Kaveripumpattinam, a great festival described vividly by the Sandam Epics, was held in honour of Lord
  1. Murugan
  2. Venkateshwara
  3. Indra
  4. Svamimalai

Answer: Indra

24. _____ is a festival of Zoroastrian origin which marks the day of vernal equinox in March every year and is celebrated by Parsis in India. ?
  1. Frawardigan
  2. Khordad Sal
  3. Jamshedi Navroz
  4. Pateti

Answer: Jamshedi Navroz

25. The International Kite Festival in Gujarat is held in the month of -
  1. November
  2. January
  3. August
  4. March

Answer: January

26. The fourth Asian Film Festival was held in
  1. Pune
  2. Nagpur
  3. Goa
  4. Munmbai

Answer: Pune

27. Jallikattu is bull taming event held mainly in –
  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Karnataka
  3. Goa
  4. Telangana

Answer: Tamil Nadu

28. In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?
  1. Pongal
  2. Onam
  3. Ranali Bihu
  4. Navratri

Answer: Onam

29. The _____ festival is celebrated by the Ahom people of Assam on 31st January every year in memory of the departed ?
  1. Me-Dam-Me-Phi
  2. TirthaMukh
  3. Lampra Puja
  4. Ashokastami

Answer: Me-Dam-Me-Phi

30. Which one of the following festivals is not celebrated almost simultaneously in the month of January each year?
  1. Gudi Padwa
  2. Lohri
  3. Pongal
  4. Makar Sankranti

Answer: Gudi Padwa

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