In official Indian usage, a pakhwada is a period of:
- A.Three days
- B.Seven days
- C.About fifteen days
- D.One month
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, about fifteen days. A pakhwada is a fortnight, half of a lunar month, and government departments use it when a theme needs actual work rather than a ceremony; Swachhata Pakhwada, the cleanliness fortnight taken up by each ministry in turn, and Hindi Pakhwada, which begins on Hindi Diwas, are the standard examples. Option A is wrong because three days has no such name in official usage. Option B is wrong because seven days is a saptah, a week, the unit used for National Nutrition Week and Wildlife Week. Option D is wrong because a month long observance is called a maah, as in Poshan Maah in September. Learn the three words together: saptah for a week, pakhwada for a fortnight, maah for a month.
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Practice Questions
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- B.4 to 10 March
- C.14 to 20 April
- D.18 to 24 November
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- B.2 to 8 October
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- D.22 to 28 April
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- C.The last week of August
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