The Hornbill festival, held every year from the formation day of the state, belongs to which state?
- A.Nagaland
- B.Arunachal Pradesh
- C.Meghalaya
- D.Mizoram
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Nagaland. The Hornbill festival is held at Kisama near Kohima and opens on 1 December, the day Nagaland became a state in 1963; it brings the major Naga tribes together and is called the festival of festivals, and the hornbill of its name is the bird that appears in Naga headgear and folklore. Option B, Arunachal Pradesh, holds Losar and the Siang river festival. Option C, Meghalaya, holds Wangala, the hundred-drums harvest festival of the Garos, and the Shad Suk Mynsiem of the Khasis. Option D, Mizoram, holds Chapchar Kut in spring, danced as the Cheraw or bamboo dance. One date, two facts: 1 December is both Nagaland's formation day and the opening of the Hornbill festival. The festival is held at the Naga heritage village of Kisama, where each major tribe keeps its own morung, the traditional bachelors' dormitory.
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View allWhich of the following states is not counted among the Seven Sisters of North-East India?
- A.Tripura
- B.Sikkim
- C.Mizoram
- D.Meghalaya
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The Seven Sisters are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, the seven states that were carved out of the old Assam province and its Union Territories between 1963 and 1987.
Read the full explanation →Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram became full states of the Indian Union on which date?
- A.21 January 1972
- B.1 December 1963
- C.20 February 1987
- D.16 May 1975
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Both had been Union Territories since 1972, Arunachal Pradesh after the North East Frontier Agency was renamed and Mizoram after the Mizo hills were separated from Assam, and both were raised to statehood on the same day in February 1987.
Read the full explanation →The Siliguri Corridor, the narrow strip that links North-East India with the rest of the country, lies in which state?
- A.Bihar
- B.Assam
- C.West Bengal
- D.Sikkim
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The corridor runs through the northern districts of West Bengal around the town of Siliguri and is only about twenty kilometres wide at its narrowest, which is why it is nicknamed the Chicken's Neck.
Read the full explanation →Where is the headquarters of the North Eastern Council situated?
- A.Guwahati
- B.Shillong
- C.Imphal
- D.Agartala
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The Council was set up by the North Eastern Council Act, 1971, started functioning in 1972 as the planning and advisory body for the region, and has had its secretariat at Shillong ever since; it works under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
Read the full explanation →Which state of North-East India shares its boundary with the largest number of Indian states?
- A.Assam
- B.Nagaland
- C.Meghalaya
- D.Mizoram
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Assam lies at the heart of the region and touches Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya and West Bengal, that is seven Indian states, besides the foreign neighbours Bhutan and Bangladesh.
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