Cultural Activities (Part-V)

1. Which one of these is a harvest festival? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 13.02.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Akshaya Tritiya
(b) Janmashtami
(c) Onam
(d) Dussehra

Correct Answer: (c) Onam

Solution:Onam is the biggest and most important festival in Kerala. It is also called Shasyotsav (a festival celebrating the harvesting of crops). People of every caste and religion in Kerala celebrate the harvest festival with great reverence and gaiety. The harvest festival also includes festivals like Baisakhi, Pongal, Rongali, Bihu etc.

2. Which festival is celebrated on the harvest of crops in Kerala? [SSC Online Constable GD 12.02.2019 (Shift-III)]

(a) Lohri
(b) Pongal
(c) Onam
(d) Baisakhi

Correct Answer: (c) Onam

Solution:Onam is the biggest and most important festival in Kerala. It is also called Shasyotsav (a festival celebrating the harvesting of crops). People of every caste and religion in Kerala celebrate the harvest festival with great reverence and gaiety. The harvest festival also includes festivals like Baisakhi, Pongal, Rongali, Bihu etc.

3. Onam is an annual Hindu festival with origins in the state of _____ in India. [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 07.07.2022 (Shift-III)]

(a) Jharkhand
(b) Manipur
(c) Kerala
(d) Mizoram

Correct Answer: (c) Kerala

Solution:Onam is an annual Hindu festival with origins in the state of Kerala in India. It is a ten-day harvest festival that is celebrated with great enthusiasm and traditional fervor by the people of Kerala. The festival is celebrated in the Malayalam month of Chingam, which usually falls in August or September according to the Gregorian calendar. Onam is believed to be the homecoming of King Maha Mahabali, a legendary ruler who is said to have ruled over Kerala in ancient times.

4. Boat races of Kerala are a special feature of which festival? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 17.09.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Pongal
(b) Ugadi
(c) Onam
(d) Bihu

Correct Answer: (c) Onam

Solution:

Boat races in Kerala are a special feature of Onam. Onam is the harvest festival of Kerala, celebrated to welcome King Mahabali.

5. Losar festival is celebrated in which state? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 25.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Assam
(b) Odisha
(c) Nagaland
(d) Sikkim

Correct Answer: (d) Sikkim

Solution:Losar festival is celebrated in Sikkim.

6. Drukpa Tsechi, a festival celebrated in Sikkim, is associated with which of the following personalities? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 22.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Mahavir Swami
(b) Lord Buddha
(c) Lord Krishna
(d) Lord Rama

Correct Answer: (b) Lord Buddha

Solution:Drukpa Tsechi, a festival celebrated in Sikkim, is associated with Lord Buddha. According to the English Calendar, it falls somewhere around July or August each year in Sikkim.

7. Which of the following communities of Sikkim is traditionally associated with the folk dance known as 'Chu-Faat'? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 20.10.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Tamang
(b) Lepcha
(c) Bhutia
(d) Nepalese

Correct Answer: (b) Lepcha

Solution:The Lepcha community of Sikkim is traditionally associated with the folk dance known as 'Chu-Faat'.

8. Which festival is celebrated annually in the Ladakh region, on the first day of the eleventh month of the Tibetan calendar? [S.S.C. JE Mechanical Exam 27.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Makar Sankranti
(b) Holi
(c) Lohri
(d) Losar

Correct Answer: (d) Losar

Solution:People from various parts of the Ladakh region annually celebrate the Losar Festival on the 1st Day of the Eleventh Month of the Tibetan Calendar, correlating to the date in the Gregorian calendar. The celebrations continue for 3-9 days in different parts of Ladakh. The festival is regarded as the most important socio-religious event in Ladakh.

9. Which festival marks the beginning of the Tibetan New Year? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 13.10.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Shoton Festival
(b) Saga Dawa Festival
(c) Ongkor Festival
(d) Losar festival

Correct Answer: (d) Losar festival

Solution:People from various parts of the Ladakh region annually celebrate the Losar Festival on the 1st Day of the Eleventh Month of the Tibetan Calendar, correlating to the date in the Gregorian calendar. The celebrations continue for 3-9 days in different parts of Ladakh. The festival is regarded as the most important socio-religious event in Ladakh.

10. Losar festival is celebrated by the people of which tribe? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 3.03.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Munda
(b) Khasi
(c) Kodava
(d) Monpa

Correct Answer: (d) Monpa

Solution:Losar festival is celebrated by the people of Monpa tribe in Arunachal Pradesh.

Cultural Activities (Part-V)

1. Which one of these is a harvest festival? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 13.02.2019 (Shift-II)]

2. Which festival is celebrated on the harvest of crops in Kerala? [SSC Online Constable GD 12.02.2019 (Shift-III)]

3. Onam is an annual Hindu festival with origins in the state of _____ in India. [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 07.07.2022 (Shift-III)]

4. Boat races of Kerala are a special feature of which festival? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 17.09.2017 (Shift-III)]

5. Losar festival is celebrated in which state? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 25.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

6. Drukpa Tsechi, a festival celebrated in Sikkim, is associated with which of the following personalities? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 22.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

7. Which of the following communities of Sikkim is traditionally associated with the folk dance known as 'Chu-Faat'? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 20.10.2021 (Shift-II)]

8. Which festival is celebrated annually in the Ladakh region, on the first day of the eleventh month of the Tibetan calendar? [S.S.C. JE Mechanical Exam 27.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

9. Which festival marks the beginning of the Tibetan New Year? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 13.10.2020 (Shift-III)]

10. Losar festival is celebrated by the people of which tribe? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 3.03.2019 (Shift-I)]

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