This Art & Culture quiz on Fairs and Tribal Culture puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic, 5 of them asked in real previous-year papers. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
12 questions with answers and explanations
Ambubachi fair is celebrated in which of the following states?
The Ambubachi Mela is held every year at the Kamakhya temple, which stands on Nilachal Hill in Guwahati, the largest city of Assam.
Read the full explanation →'Ali Ai Ligang Festival' is a festival celebrated in the state of _______.
Ali Ai Ligang is the spring sowing festival of the Mising tribe of Assam. The name itself describes the occasion, for it refers to the sowing of roots and seeds, and the festival begins on the first Wednesday of the month of Fagun.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following regions is the original habitat of the 'Toda Tribe'?
The Toda are a small pastoral people of the upper Nilgiri plateau in Tamil Nadu. They live in hamlets called munds, herd buffaloes and treat dairy work as a sacred duty carried out at the conical or barrel-vaulted temple huts that appear in every photograph of them.
Read the full explanation →'Bhagta Parab', a tribal festival that is celebrated between the period of spring and summer, originated in the state of ______.
Bhagta Parab is observed by the tribal communities of Jharkhand in the weeks between spring and summer, and it is dedicated to Budha Baba.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following tribes does NOT live in India?
The Maasai are a cattle-keeping people of East Africa, living in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania around the Rift Valley and the Serengeti.
Read the full explanation →The Pushkar Fair, famous for its camel and livestock trading, is held in which state?
The Pushkar Fair is held at Pushkar in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan, on the bank of the Pushkar lake and beside the temple of Brahma.
Read the full explanation →The Sonepur Mela, also called the Harihar Kshetra Mela and counted among the largest cattle fairs of Asia, is held in which state?
The Sonepur Mela is held at Sonepur in the Saran district of Bihar, where the Gandak joins the Ganga. It begins on Kartik Purnima, the same full moon as the Pushkar Fair, and is named the Harihar Kshetra Mela after the Harihar Nath temple there, which tradition links to Rama.
Read the full explanation →Wangala, the hundred-drums harvest festival, is celebrated by which tribe?
Wangala is the post-harvest thanksgiving festival of the Garo of Meghalaya, offered to Saljong, the sun god who grants the harvest.
Read the full explanation →The Hornbill Festival, held at Kisama every December and called the festival of festivals, belongs to which state?
The Hornbill Festival is held at the Naga Heritage Village at Kisama, near Kohima, from 1 to 10 December, and it opens on the day Nagaland became a state.
Read the full explanation →The Sammakka Saralamma Jatara at Medaram, regarded as the largest tribal fair of India, is held in which state?
The Sammakka Saralamma Jatara, usually called the Medaram Jatara, is held at Medaram in the Mulugu district of Telangana, once in two years in the month of Magha.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment Act inserted Article 338A to provide for a separate National Commission for Scheduled Tribes?
Until 2003 a single National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes worked under Article 338.
Read the full explanation →Chapchar Kut, the spring festival at which the Cheraw bamboo dance is performed, is celebrated in which state?
Chapchar Kut is the best known festival of the Mizo, held in March once the jhum fields have been cleared and burnt and the villagers wait for the sowing rains.
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