This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Culture > Festivals > Indian Festivals – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Festivals Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. On which date Christmas is celebrated every year? A) 25th January. B) 25th December. C) 25th September. D) 25th October. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25th December. 2. Ganesh Chaturthi is an important festival dedicated to Lord Ganesha. This is one of the most important Hindu festivals. Which of the following sweet dishes is prepared on this day? A) Kheer. B) Fashions. C) Paysam. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fashions. 3. If i was celebrating HEMIS a festival which place I would be in A) Kohima. B) Kanyakumari. C) Ladakh. D) Shillong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ladakh. 4. Name the birthday of Lord Ram A) Ram Navami. B) Diwali. C) Onam. D) Vishu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ram Navami. 5. Pongal is mostly celebrated in which state A) Orissa. B) TamilNadu. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) Cherry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TamilNadu. 6. Which festival is known as the Carnival of kerela. A) Pulikali. B) Onam. C) Diwali. D) Raksha Bandhan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onam. 7. Which is a national festival celebrated in India? A) Diwali. B) Christmas. C) Independence day. D) Eid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independence day. 8. In which festival do we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ? A) Janmashtami. B) Christmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christmas. 9. Festival Durga pooja is mainly celebrated in which indian state. A) West Bengal. B) Himachal Pradesh. C) Rajasthan. D) Hayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Bengal. 10. The Hornibill Festival is one of the important festivals celebrated in A) Meghalaya. B) Mizoram. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Nagaland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nagaland. 11. Which festival is celebrated twice in a year. A) Diwali. B) Navratri. C) Ramadan. D) Onam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navratri. 12. As per the Hindu calendar which month are we in today A) Chaitra. B) Hearing. C) Jyestha. D) Vaishakha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaitra. 13. The birth of which lord is celebrated every year all across India on Janmashtami festival? A) Ganesha. B) Krishna. C) Vishnu. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Krishna. 14. If I was in a UMRAH:what would I be doing A) On a pilgrimage. B) In mourning. C) Celebrating a wedding. D) On a fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a pilgrimage. 15. ..... is a festival of lights A) Holi. B) Diwali. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diwali. 16. In which Season the Holi Festival is Celebrated? A) Autumn. B) Spring. C) Summer. D) Rainy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spring. 17. The festival of Colours. A) Navros. B) Easter. C) Christmas day. D) Holi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holi. 18. How many types of festivals are there mainly celebrated in India? A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 19. ..... is celebrated in honour of the Hindu deity, Lord Shiva. This festival symbolizes the overcoming of ignorance and darkness in life. A) Janmashtami. B) Holi. C) Maha Shivaratri. D) Ganesh Chaturthi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maha Shivaratri. 20. Bonus Question-what is Jahnavi's favourite festival? A) Navratri. B) Janmashtami. C) Diwali. D) Rakhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navratri. 21. Christmas is believed to be the birthday of ..... A) Jesus Christ. B) Lord Ram. C) Krishna. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jesus Christ. 22. Which festival is celebrated to show our devotion towards Maa Ambe? A) Ganesh Chaturthi. B) Navaratri. C) Durga Puja. D) Onam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navaratri. 23. People from which state celebrate their harvest around Makar Sakranti? A) Karnataka. B) Assam. C) Cherry. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karnataka. 24. Lokmanya Tilak Started ..... Festival. A) Janmashtami. B) Ganesh chaturthi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganesh chaturthi. 25. A fast observed in October by North Indian women for the safety and longevity of their husband A) Chatth. B) Karva chauth. C) Spring fifth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karva chauth. 26. Which freedom fighter is known as Lokmanya. A) Lala lajpat rai. B) Force Ganga Dhar Tilak. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Bhagat Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Force Ganga Dhar Tilak. 27. Pongal, the harvest festival, is celebrated in which state? A) Cherry. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Odisha. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tamil Nadu. 28. The festival to celebrate the end of the fasting of Ramadan is called A) Idealism. B) Id-ul-Fitr. C) Id-ul-a. D) Ashura. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Id-ul-Fitr. 29. Name the festival known as "festival of colours" A) Holi. B) Onam. C) Eid. D) Vishu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holi. 30. The no of days that separate Dusshera & Diwali every year are about A) 14. B) 20 / 21. C) 24 / 25. D) It is not fixed at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20 / 21. 31. What we do before the day of Holi? A) Holika slowly. B) Durga Puja. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holika slowly. 32. Which day is Navroz or Parsi new year? A) May 21st. B) March 21st. C) June 21st. D) Jan 21st. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) March 21st. 33. Dashain is the grandest festival of ..... A) Bhutan. B) Sri Lanka. C) Bangladesh. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nepal. 34. We celebrate ( ) by applying bright colors on each others' faces. A) Diwali. B) Holi. C) Onam. D) Christmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holi. 35. For how many days is pongal celebrated A) 7. B) 10. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 36. Which festival we decorate the Christmas tree? A) Christmas. B) Independence Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christmas. 37. Which festival is celebrated to mark the return of Shri Rama to Ayodhya A) Christmas. B) Dussehra. C) Guruparb. D) Diwali. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diwali. 38. Which city is famous for Bali Jatra festival? A) Patna. B) Cuttack. C) Ranchi. D) Raipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cuttack. 39. Which is the festival of nine nights and ten days A) Cotton. B) Ram Navami. C) Navratri. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Navratri. 40. Name the festival related to Goddess Durga or Saraswathi A) Navarathri. B) Onam. C) Christmas. D) Holi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navarathri. 41. Kumbh Mela is held every A) 14 years. B) 12 years. C) 10 years. D) 8 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12 years. 42. Which of these is not a harvest festival? A) Onam. B) Dusshera. C) Makar Sankranti. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dusshera. 43. Papeti is the festival of A) Islam's. B) Christians. C) Parsis. D) Hindus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parsis. 44. New year is celebrated on A) 1st June. B) 1st November. C) 2nd December. D) 1st January. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st January. 45. Which animal pulls the sledge of Santa Claus? A) Cow. B) Buffalo. C) Reindeer. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reindeer. 46. Janmashtami festival is the birth of which lord? A) Ganesha. B) Krishna. C) Shiva. D) Brahma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Krishna. 47. Whose birthday is celebrated as christmas? A) Buddha. B) Lord krishna. C) Mahavira. D) Lord Jesus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Jesus. 48. Which city hosts the Kala Ghoda Art festival in February every year? A) Moon. B) Kolkata. C) Bangalore. D) Jaipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moon. 49. Which is the festival of brother and sister. A) Raksha Bandhan. B) Republic day. C) Eid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raksha Bandhan. 50. Onam is an important festival celebrated mostly in one state of India. Which state is this? A) Cherry. B) Andhra pradesh. C) MaharaStrastra,. D) Tamilnadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cherry. 51. Which of the following is not a religious festival? A) Holi. B) Gandhi Jayanti. C) Diwali. D) Durga Puja. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gandhi Jayanti. 52. Birth of Lord Krishna is celebrated on ..... A) Ganesh chaturthi. B) Janmashtami. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Janmashtami. 53. Ganesh Chaturthi lost state patronage and became a private family celebration again till its revival by Indian freedom fighter and social reformer A) Lokmanya tilak. B) Bhagat Singh. C) Dr.Babasaheb ambedkar. D) Shubash Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lokmanya tilak. 54. Which state celebrates Pongal? A) Punjab. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Gujarat. D) Jamu & Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gujarat. 55. We celebrate Diwali by ..... A) Applying color on people's faces. B) Breaking pots of curd. C) Bursting Firecrackers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bursting Firecrackers. 56. Which festival is known as the harvest festival of kerala. A) Durga Pope. B) Bombu. C) Onam. D) Dussehra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onam. 57. Papeti is celebrated by ..... A) Christians. B) Hindus. C) Parsis. D) Muslims. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parsis. 58. Who started the celebration of Ganesh utsav in Maharashtra. A) Force Ganga Dhar Tilak. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Chandra Shekhar Azad. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Force Ganga Dhar Tilak. 59. Which festival is popularly known as the "Festival of Colours" in India. This festval marks the onset of the spring season in the country. A) Janmashtami. B) Maha Shivaratri. C) Diwali. D) Holi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holi. 60. The beginning of the year in January marks the celebration of the Sankranti or Pongal festival. What does this festival celebrate? A) It celebrates the beginning of spring. B) It is a harvest festival. C) It celebrates the New Year. D) It celebrates the end of autumn. 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