Festivals & Fairs of India Questions with Solutions
This topic covers the religious, harvest, tribal and cultural festivals of India, the fairs (melas) held across the country, and the states, communities and seasons linked to them. It also includes festivals listed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage, such as Kumbh Mela and Durga Puja in Kolkata. Most questions ask which state celebrates a festival, which tribe it belongs to, or what event it marks. Harvest festivals are especially common: Pongal (Tamil Nadu), Onam (Kerala), Bihu (Assam), Lohri and Baisakhi (Punjab) and Nuakhai (Odisha). Fairs such as the Pushkar camel fair (Rajasthan) and the Sonepur cattle fair (Bihar) are also frequently tested. Revise festivals state by state. Practise the festivals and fairs questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q21.
Tamladu, a festival of the Digaru Mishmi tribe, is celebrated in which state?
A. SikkimB. MeghalayaC. NagalandD. Arunachal PradeshmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q22.
Mopin, an agricultural festival of Arunachal Pradesh, is celebrated by which tribe?
A. NyishiB. GaloC. AdiD. ApatanimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q23.
Goa has been the permanent venue of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) since which year?
A. 2010B. 2004C. 1996D. 2014mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q24.
The 'Boita Bandana' festival, in which small boats are floated to recall ancient sea voyages, is celebrated in which state?
A. KeralaB. GujaratC. West BengalD. OdishamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q25.
The 'Navam Perahera' festival is celebrated in which country?
A. Sri LankaB. ThailandC. NepalD. MyanmarmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q26.
Which thanksgiving festival is celebrated by farmers in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh by worshipping their bullocks?
A. NuakhaiB. PolaC. LohriD. BihumediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q27.
According to the Purnimanta Hindu calendar followed in North India, Maha Shivratri is celebrated in which month?
A. ChaitraB. KartikaC. PhalgunaD. ShravanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q28.
Makar Sankranti is celebrated as 'Pedda Panduga' (the big festival) in which state?
A. Andhra PradeshB. KarnatakaC. OdishaD. KeralamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q29.
'Bestu Varas', celebrated on the day after Diwali, is the:
A. Bengali New YearB. Tamil New YearC. Marathi New YearD. Gujarati New YearmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q30.
In Sikkim, Buddha Purnima is celebrated as part of which festival?
A. LosoongB. BumchuC. Pang LhabsolD. Saga DawamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q31.
The Nishagandhi Nritya Utsav, a classical dance festival, is held in which state?
A. OdishaB. Tamil NaduC. KeralaD. KarnatakamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q32.
The Thiruvathira festival, celebrated by women with the Thiruvathirakali dance, is mainly celebrated in which state?
A. Andhra PradeshB. KeralaC. GoaD. KarnatakamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q33.
Karkidaka Vavu Bali, a Hindu ritual to honour the ancestors, is observed in which state?
A. KeralaB. Andhra PradeshC. KarnatakaD. Tamil NadumediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q34.
Nuakhai, a harvest festival in which the new rice is offered to the deity, is celebrated mainly by the people of:
A. Western OdishaB. Eastern RajasthanC. Southern KeralaD. Northern GujaratmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q35.
Phool Dei, a spring festival in which young girls place flowers at the doorsteps of homes, is celebrated mainly in:
A. SikkimB. Himachal PradeshC. UttarakhandD. Jammu and KashmirmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q36.
According to the Hindu calendar, Ganesh Chaturthi begins on the fourth day of which month?
A. AshvinB. MaghaC. BhadrapadaD. ShravanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q37.
Torgya, a three-day monastery festival, is observed by the Monpa tribe of which state?
A. SikkimB. Arunachal PradeshC. UttarakhandD. Himachal PradeshmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q38.
Makar Sankranti is celebrated as 'Tirmoori' by which community?
A. PunjabiB. MarathiC. GujaratiD. SindhimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q39.
Dree, the agricultural festival of the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, is celebrated in which month?
A. DecemberB. JulyC. SeptemberD. AprilmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q40.
The Bumchu festival, in which a sacred pot of water is opened to predict the fortune of the coming year, is celebrated in:
A. LadakhB. Arunachal PradeshC. SikkimD. Himachal PradeshmediumAsked in SSCView solution ›