Kumbh Mela Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the significance of bathing in the river?

Correct Answer: C) Bathing in the river signifies purification and spiritual renewal.

2. What is the name of the traditional procession of Akharas during the Kumbh Mela?

Correct Answer: A) Peshwai.

3. What is Kumbh Mela?

Correct Answer: B) Kumbh Mela is a major Hindu pilgrimage and festival held every 12 years at four sacred riverbanks in India.

4. Which government body organizes the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025?

Correct Answer: D) Both b and c.

5. Who are the primary participants in the Maha Kumbh Mela?

Correct Answer: C) Ascetics, Saints, Sadhus, and Pilgrims.

6. Which incident is a rare thing to happen at the Kumbh

Correct Answer: C) Stampede.

7. How many days did the Kumbh Mela last in 2013?

Correct Answer: D) 55.

8. Where is Kumbh Mela held?

Correct Answer: C) Haridwar, Allahabad, Nashik, Ujjain.

9. Choose the word closest in meaning to:Wading

Correct Answer: A) Walking through water.

10. Some of the most famous places to visit sacred sites include:

Correct Answer: D) Fatima, Portugal; Shikoku, Japan; and Lourdes, France.

11. How often does the Purna Kumbh Mela occur?

Correct Answer: B) Every 12 years.

12. How often does the Ardh Kumbh Mela occur?

Correct Answer: A) Every 6 years.

13. What do people bring to Kumbh Mela?

Correct Answer: B) Religious offerings, personal belongings, food, water, and sacred items.

14. When did Kumbh Mela start?

Correct Answer: A) Kumbh Mela started in 1900.

15. The Kumbh Mela festival is held once every 12 years at the intersection of these three rivers?

Correct Answer: A) Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati.

16. What's the biggest challenge at Kumbh Mela?

Correct Answer: B) Waiting 144 years for the Maha Kumbh Mela.

17. Where does the Maha Kumbh Mela take place once every 144 years?

Correct Answer: C) PRAISaGraj.

18. Which astrological positions are considered for the timing of the Kumbh Mela?

Correct Answer: B) Sun, Moon, Jupiter.

19. What is a sadhu?

Correct Answer: B) A sadhu is a Hindu holy man or ascetic.

20. The power of "psychological cooperation, " as Stephen Reicher calls it, could also be known as?

Correct Answer: D) 'Love thy neighbour'.