This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Culture > Festivals > Pongal – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pongal Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Bhogi Pongal people worship which deity? A) Brahma. B) Indra. C) Shiv. D) Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indra. 2. What is the correct meaning of Mattu in the context of Mattu pongal? A) Cow. B) Bullock. C) Cattle. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. What is the first day of the four-day Makara Sankranti festival? A) Makar sankranti. B) Lohri. C) Enjoyer. D) Pongal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoyer. 4. When Uttarayana starts at time the sun is in which Zodiac house? A) 11th. B) 10th. C) 12th. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10th. 5. What is the meaning of the word 'Pongal' in Tamil literature? A) To boil. B) To marinate. C) To prepare. D) To mix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To boil. 6. Festival of Pongal marks the end of which solstice? A) Spring solstice. B) Autumn solstice. C) Summer solstice. D) Winter solstice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winter solstice. 7. Farming is the practice of working in the ..... A) Office. B) House. C) Building. D) Fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fields. 8. Who banned Jallikattu in Tamilnadu? A) High court. B) Supermecourt. C) Judicial court. D) Administrative court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supermecourt. 9. Mattu means the bull of God ..... A) Shiva. B) Indra. C) Ram. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shiva. 10. Bon fire is lighted during this festival A) Lohri. B) Ramzan. C) New year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lohri. 11. Who is the bogie dedicated to? A) Indra. B) Vishnu. C) Mahadev. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indra. 12. Harvest festival of Maharashtra? A) Nabanna. B) Gudi Padwa. C) Pongal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gudi Padwa. 13. Pongal is also know as A) Makar sankranti. B) Onam. C) Christmas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makar sankranti. 14. The bhogi festival is celebrated in honour of whom? A) Lord Indra. B) Lord Vishnu. C) Lord Ganesh. D) Lord Surya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Indra. 15. At which place, the International Pongal is celebrated? A) Tuticorin. B) Whole trip. C) Mahabali. D) Madurai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tuticorin. 16. NAME OF LORD SHIVA'S bull A) De demon. B) Basava. C) All of the given options. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basava. 17. The last day of Pongal is called ..... Pongal? A) Enjoyer. B) Virgo. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virgo. 18. This festival signals the end of winter and the onset of spring throughout the northern hemisphere. A) Pongal. B) Diwali. C) Holi. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pongal. 19. On the third day of the festival, the ..... are decorated. A) Pots. B) Cattle. C) Trees. D) Houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cattle. 20. Pongal is celebrated in the mid of ..... every year. A) January. B) May. C) December. D) March. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) January. 21. To which god an inscription in the Veeraraghava temple is dedicated? A) Vishnu. B) Brahma. C) Shiva. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vishnu. 22. 3 ..... marks the end of the winter season and the beginning of a new harvest season. A) Maha Shivratri. B) Makar Sankranti. C) Dussehra. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makar Sankranti. 23. What is the meaning of Pongal? A) To prepare. B) To mix. C) To boil. D) To heat up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To boil. 24. In which month as per the Tamil calendar Pongal is celebrated? A) Thai. B) Marghazhi. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thai. 25. What do farmers give us? A) Food. B) Education. C) Electricity. D) Internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food. 26. Pongal festival falls in the Tamil month of ..... A) Masi. B) Thai. C) Picture. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thai. 27. By which name the first day of the pongal festival is known as? A) A gravel pack. B) Manju Pongal. C) Bhogi Pongal. D) Mylapore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhogi Pongal. 28. Pongal is the harvest festival of A) Karnataka. B) Punjab. C) Assam. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamil Nadu. 29. On the ocassion of Eid Muslims ..... each other and wish 'Eid Mubarak'. A) Honour. B) Pray. C) Embrace. D) Respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Embrace. 30. Farmers worship these during Pongal A) Sun, cattle and earth. B) Rivers and lakes. C) Mountains and waterfalls. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun, cattle and earth. 31. MakaraSankranti is also referred as ..... in Gujarat. A) Pongal. B) Enjoyer. C) Uttarayan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uttarayan. 32. Kite:Paper::Yellow:? A) For seeds. B) Sugar. C) Jaggery. D) Peanuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For seeds. 33. Framers consider who as their precious item A) Iron tools. B) Cow. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cow. 34. Which Tamil Month is pongal celebrated in? A) Bye. B) Thai. C) Pai. D) Pie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thai. 35. For sweet pongal, rice is cooked with ..... A) Milk and vegetable. B) Jaggery and wheat. C) Milk and fruit. D) Jaggery and milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jaggery and milk. 36. During the day of Pongal children fly A) Papers. B) Kites. C) Birds. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kites. 37. Pongal is celebrated to thank A) Rain. B) Sun. C) Cloud. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 38. Which pongal coincides with the Makar Sankranti? A) Surya pongal. B) Thai pongal. C) And Pongal. D) Bhogi Pongal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surya pongal. 39. Who found Pongal A) In this Chola II stitch. B) King Kulottunga I. C) Maharaja Ranjit Singh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Kulottunga I. 40. Women decorate the central courtyard of their homes with beautiful kolams, done with rice flour on this day A) Pongal. B) Pasta. C) Christmas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pongal. 41. When is Bogi Pongal this year? A) 14 January 2022. B) 15 January 2022. C) 16 January 2022. D) 13 January 2022. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13 January 2022. 42. Pongal is a ..... day long festival of Tamil Nadu. A) Four. B) Three. C) Eight. D) Nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three. 43. According to Purana, on the day of Makar Sankranti, Surya god visits his son. Who is the son of Surya? A) Shani. B) Rahu. C) Shen. D) Makar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shani. 44. What is the correct meaning of the word 'Kanum' in the context of Pongal festival? A) To visit. B) To make food. C) To wear new dresses. D) To decorate cattles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To visit. 45. How many days is Pongal festival celebrated? A) 5. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 46. Which tradition women and young girls follow on Mattu Pongal? A) Villupattu Karakattam. B) Kuthu. C) Fried. D) Kanu padi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanu padi. 47. By which name the bull festival during pongal is known as? A) Jallikattu. B) Float festival. C) Audi amplifier. D) Eighteenth multiplication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jallikattu. 48. Which day is known as Mattu Pongal? A) First day of Pongal. B) Second day of Pongal. C) Third day of Pongal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third day of Pongal. 49. What is the significance of the Kolam design during Pongal? A) Kolam designs are used only for decoration during Pongal. B) Kolam designs represent sadness and loss during Pongal. C) Kolam designs are a form of entertainment during Pongal. D) Kolam designs signify prosperity, welcome, and blessings during Pongal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kolam designs signify prosperity, welcome, and blessings during Pongal. 50. What is the main dish prepared during Pongal? A) Idli. B) Pongal. C) Dosa. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pongal. 51. Pongal is celebrated for A) Harvest of crops. B) Rain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harvest of crops. 52. On the day of Pongal, people wear A) New clothes. B) Torned clothes. C) Old clothes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New clothes. 53. Which of the following terms we use for the third day of Pongal celebration? A) And Pongal. B) Thai pongal. C) Kaanum Pongal. D) Bhogi Pongal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And Pongal. 54. By which name is pongal known in Assam state? A) Bhogali Bihu. B) Magicians. C) Sugars. D) Uttarayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhogali Bihu. 55. Celebration of the Pongal festival is for thanking which god? A) Indra Dev. B) Sun god. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 56. When is Pongal celebrated? A) The month of Thai ( Mid-January). B) 2) The month of Harvest ( Mid-January). C) The month of Prosperity Harvest ( Mid-January). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The month of Thai ( Mid-January). 57. In Bihar Makar Sankranti festival is known as: A) A sacristan. B) A dish in South Asian cuisine made of rice and lentils. C) Both. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 58. On the second day of the festival, farmers thank the ..... god. A) Sun. B) Moon. C) Earth. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 59. On the third day what is the name of the celebration? A) Bhogi Pongal. B) Surya Pongal. C) And Pongal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And Pongal. 60. On which day of pongal festival worship of god sun is performed? A) Fourth. B) Second. C) First. D) Third. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Culture QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesPongal Quiz 2Pongal Quiz 3Air Force Day QuizAmbedkar Jayanti QuizApril Fools Day QuizArmy Day QuizBaisakhi QuizBakrid Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books