Fairs and Festivals MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Fairs and Festivals - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Andhra Pradesh.

Key Points

• Ugadi
  • Ugadi, which is observed as Andhra Pradesh's Hindus' New Year's Day, is observed on the first day of the Hindu Luni-Solar Calendar in the month of Chaitra.
  • According to the Gregorian calendar, it takes place in either March or April.
  • This Indian holiday heralds the arrival of pleasure, joy, hope, and light.
  • The Sanskrit words "Yuga," which means age, and "adi," which means the beginning, are combined to form the word "Ugadi."
  • It denotes the start of a new era in plain terms.
  • In Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, this holiday is celebrated with great zeal and passion.

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•  Ugadi  is celebrated in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Goa in India.

The correct answer is 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D.

Key Points

• Kalanamak Rice Festival
  • Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a 3-day Kalanamak Rice Festival in the Siddharthnagar district on March 13, 2021.
  • The rice festival event is being organized to promote, market, and brand the selected products as One District One Product (ODOP) under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and Vocal for Local campaign.
  • The Kala Namak rice is grown in this region and is One District One Product of some of the Eastern UP districts.
• Strawberry Festival
  • The Chief Minister had inaugurated the Strawberry Festival in Jhansi. 
  • Strawberry festival is now likely to help push up strawberry cultivation in the Bundelkhand region.
  • The cultivation of strawberries in Jhansi will give Bundelkhand a new identity and will stop the migration of people from the region.
• Jaggery Festival
  • Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a jaggery festival in Lucknow on March 6, 2021, to be organized by the AYUSH department to discuss the prospects of its co-products. 
  • Jaggery finds a special place in the kitchens of every family, especially in north India, because of its medicinal values. Made of sugarcane juice, it gradually shifted from the rural households to the daily use of health-conscious families in the cities.
• Cattle Fair : Bateshwar
  • The famous Bateshwar fair is held at Bateshwar, the spiritual and cultural centre of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
  • Bateshwar is located at a distance of 70 Km from Agra.
  • The places of Bateshwar are known for 101 Shiva temples situated on the banks of Yamuna and Shauripur.

The correct answer is Punjab, Haryana.

Key Points

• Baisakhi is a famous festival of Punjab.
• The festival Baisakhi is celebrated to mark the spring in India.
• This festival is known also as Sikh new year and Sikhs pay tribute to their tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
• Vaisakhi Sankranti is celebrated on the first day of Vaisakha, This day is also known as Sattuā or Satwahi.​

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Some Important Festival Of India:

• ​Andhra Pradesh- Dasara, Ugadi, Deccan Festival, Brahmotsavam.
• Assam- Ambubachi, Bhogali Bihu, Baishagu, Dehing Patkai.
• Chhattisgarh- Maghi Purnima, Bastar Dussehra.
• Goa- Sunburn festival, Ladain, Mando.
• Gujarat- Navratri, Janmashtami, Kutch Utsav, Uttarayana.

The correct answer is Meghalaya.

Key Points

• Drums Festival
  • Hundred Drum Festival also known as the 'Wangala Festival, the Wangala Festival is a traditional festival in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya.
  • A group of 30 dancers with 10 drums would form a group and 10 such groups will be there. 
  • Thus, a total of 100 drummers and 300 dancers make up what is now known as the “100 Drums Wangala Festival”.
  • Every year the festival is celebrated for 3 days during the month of November.
  • Ordinary Garo people pay gratitude and reverence to Missi Saljong or 'Pattigipa Ra'Rongipa' (Great Giver) for blessing humans with a prosperous harvest for the season.

Important Points 

• The Wangala festival marks the end of a period of toil, that brings good results to the fields which also signifies the onset of winter.
• It is also celebrated in honour of the Sun God that marks the end of the long harvest season.
• Wangala is celebrated with different forms of dance.
• These dances are performed on the tunes of folk songs that are played on drums and primitive flute.
• Additionally, these flutes are made of buffalo horns.
• On the first day of the festival, people celebrate it with a ceremony called Ragula.
• This ceremony is performed in the house of the village’s chief.
• Then on the second day of celebration, which is called Kakkat, people begin the ceremony by dancing to the rhythms of long oval-shaped drums
• In this celebration, young and old join together while men play the drums and women perform traditional dance forms. The dance form is known as Dama Dagota.​

Additional Information

• Meghalaya:
  • Lok Sabha seats - 2.
  • Rajya Sabha seats - 1.
  • State Animal - Clouded leopard.
  • State Bird - Common hill myna.
  • National Parks - Balphakram National Park, Nokrek Ridge National Park.

The correct answer is C.

Key Points

• Jal Vihar Mela:
  • Jal Bihari fair is held in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Hence, pair 1 is correctly matched.
  • This fair is organized every year in the month of October, which is held for 10 days.
  • Medha Mela, Basant Panchami's rustic fair, etc. are prominent among other fairs here.
  • Other major fairs are the Silver Fair in Sidhi, Ramjibaba Fair in Hoshangabad, and Magh Ghoghra Fair in Seoni.
• Bateshwar Mela:
  • The Bateshwar Fair begins on the day of Shasthi (sixth day) in the month of Kartik (October).
  • It ends on Panchami in the month of Agrahayan (November).
  • Bateshwar is a village in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Hence, pair 2 is correctly matched.
• Shukratal Mela: 
  • It is held in Muzaffar Nagar. Hence, pair 4 is correctly matched.
  • The Famous festivals of Shukratal are the Ganga Snan held on Kartik Poornima, Sharad Chaturthi and GangaDussehra.
• Baldev Chhath Mela:
  • It is held in Mathura. Hence, pair 3 is not correctly matched.
  • Baldev Chhath is related to Lord Shri Balaram.
  • The birthday of Baldev Ji, the king of Braj and the ancestor of Lord Krishna, is celebrated with great pomp on the Shashthi of Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha.

The correct answer is option 4, i.e Andhra Pradesh.

Key Points

• Every year the Flamingo festival is celebrated to promote tourism at the Pulicat Lake near the Nellapattu Bird Sanctuary located in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
• It is a three days festival that is organized during the winter season when thousands of migratory birds visit the region.
• During this festival, several entertaining and cultural events are organized. 
• It also provides an opportunity for people to study biodiversity and initiate conservation measures.

Additional Information

Option 1 is correct, i.e. Nagaland.

Key Points

• The Ao tribe of Nagaland has one such special festival, known as the Moatsu festival. 
• This festival is celebrated after seeds have been sown in the fields.
• Men and women of the tribe gather around large outdoor fires and performing traditional dances.

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Some important festivals of Northeastern states are:

The correct answer is Tamil Nadu.

Key Points

• Thai poosam is a festival celebrated by the Tamil Hindu community mainly in south India.
• Thai Poosam festival is dedicated to Lord Muruga.
• Lord Muruga is the son of Shiva and Parvati.
• The word Thaipoosam is a combination of the name of a month and the name of a star.
• The festival is also observed in Kerala as Thaipooyam.
• It is believed that Thaipusam marks Lord Muruga's birthday.
• It is a celebration of the victory of good over evil.

The correct answer is option 3 i.e., Onam

Key Points

• The festival of 'Onam' is associated with the 'Vamana' incarnation of the Lord Vishnu.
• Vamana, 5th of the 10 incarnations (avatars) of the Hindu god Vishnu.
• Onam is a festival celebrated in Kerala which is observed every year in the month of August-September.
• In the Rigveda, Vishnu took three strides, with which he measured out the three worlds - earth, heaven, and the space between them.
• The images of Vamana usually show him already grown to giant size, one foot firmly planted on earth and the other lifted as if to take a stride.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Onam.

Key Points

• Onam is related to Kerala state.
• Onam is the largest and official festival in Kerala, an Indian state known as God’s Own Country.
• Malayali people celebrate the Onam festivals as annual harvesting.
• The Onam festival is celebrated in Kerala between August and September. ​

Additional Information

The correct answer is Odisha.

Key Points

• The famous Nabakalebara festival is celebrating in Odisha.
  • It is associated with the Jagannath Temples in Odisha.
  • Gajapati Ramachandra Deba is considered the founder of the Nabakalebara festival.
  • The Deities are made from a special type of Neem wood known as Daru Bramha.
  • The last Nabakalebara festival was in 2015.
  • Commemorating the Nabakalebara festival of 2015 India released coins in denominations of Rs 10 and Rs 1,000.
  • The next event is scheduled to held in 2034.
  • Recently,  Commemorative coins in denominations of ₹10 and ₹1000 have been released at Lord Jagannath’s Nabakalebar festival.

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• Important festivals in India

The correct answer is Phalguna. Key Points

• Maha-Shivaratri, (Sanskrit: “Great Night of Shiva”) is the most important sectarian festival of the year for devotees of the Hindu god Shiva.
• Maha Shivratri is observed in the month of Phalguna (or sometimes Magha) according to the Hindu lunar calendar.
• The festival typically takes place in February or March in the Gregorian calendar.
• Maha Shivratri holds great significance in Hindu mythology and is considered one of the most important festivals dedicated to Lord Shiva.

Important PointsMonths of Hindu Calendar-

Additional Information Another festival of the Hindu calendar with months-

The correct answer is Mopin.

Key Points

• Mopin a festival of the Galo tribe of Arunachal Pradesh is celebrated in April every year.
  • The Mopin festival is an important festival of Galong tribe of Arunachal Pradesh which is celebrated in the month of Lumi (April) every year.
  • Mopin is thought to bring wealth and prosperity to households and to the Gallon community as a whole. It is also believed that the festival drives away evil shadows and spreads God’s blessing of universal happiness.

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The correct answer is Odisha.

Key Points

• Nabakalebara is a festival celebrated in Odisha state.
• It is a symbolic recreation of the wooden forms of three Hindu deities at Jagannath Temple, Puri.
• Nabakalebara festival was first observed in 1575 A.D.
• It was first organised by Yaduvanshi Bhoi King Ramachandra Deva.
• The meaning of 'Naba' is 'new' and 'Kalebara' is 'body'.
• Nabakalebara celebrating in 8 years or 16 years or 19 years depending on the auspicious day.
• In the 20th century, the Nabakalebara function was celebrated in the Temple in 1912, 1931, 1950, 1969, 1977 and 1996.
• The last Nabakalebara festival was celebrated in 2015.

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• Bihu is the most important festival of Assam.
• Saga Dawa is the most important festival of Sikkim.
• Durga Puja is the most important festival of West Bengal.

Bali Trutiya is celebrated in Odisha.

• On this day married women observe fasting and worship the Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.
• Bali Trutiya celebrated in the month of August - September.
• The ritual of this festival is that the people beat the roofs of their houses with sticks and remove the stone steps in front of the house to get rid of evils.