The Sonepur fair is held at the confluence of which two rivers?
- A.Ganga and Son
- B.Ganga and Gandak
- C.Ganga and Kosi
- D.Ganga and Punpun
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Ganga and Gandak. Sonepur in Saran district lies opposite Patna at the point where the Gandak, coming down from Nepal, joins the Ganga, and the fair is held on that bank from Kartik Purnima. The place is called Harihar Kshetra, the meeting ground of Hari, that is Vishnu, and Har, that is Shiva, and the Harihar Nath temple stands at its centre.
Option A, the Son, joins the Ganga further west near Patna, and the name Sonepur misleads candidates into choosing it, which is exactly the trap. Option C, the Kosi, joins the Ganga far to the east in the Katihar region. Option D, the Punpun, meets the Ganga near Fatuha and is linked with the Pitrapaksha rites of Gaya rather than with any fair. Fix Sonepur with the Gandak and the Kartik Purnima date together.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Chhath festival of Bihar is dedicated chiefly to which deity?
- A.Vishnu
- B.Surya
- C.Shiva
- D.Indra
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Chhath is kept for the Sun God, Surya, along with Chhathi Maiya, and the whole ritual is built around the sun: the vratis stand in water and offer arghya, that is water and prasad, first to the setting sun on the evening of shashthi and then to the rising sun…
Read the full explanation →The main worship of Chhath falls on which day of the month of Kartik?
- A.Chaturthi of the bright half
- B.Panchami of the bright half
- C.Shashthi of the bright half
- D.Purnima
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The festival takes its very name from shashthi, the sixth day of the bright half of Kartik, on which the evening offering to the setting sun is made.
Read the full explanation →Which is the chief prasad of Chhath, made of wheat flour and jaggery?
- A.Thekua
- B.Tilkut
- C.Anarsa
- D.Khaja
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Thekua is a hard sweet made from wheat flour and jaggery, fried in ghee or oil and pressed in a wooden mould, and it is the offering most closely identified with Chhath.
Read the full explanation →The Sonepur fair, described as the largest cattle fair in Asia, begins on which day?
- A.Makar Sankranti
- B.Kartik Purnima
- C.Vaishakh Purnima
- D.Sharad Purnima
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The Harihar Kshetra fair at Sonepur opens on the full moon of Kartik and runs for about a month, with cattle, horses, birds and handicrafts on sale, a theatre ground, and traders from several states.
Read the full explanation →During the Shravani Mela, kanwariyas carry Ganga water from which place in Bihar to the Baidyanath shrine at Deoghar?
- A.Sultanganj
- B.Munger
- C.Barh
- D.Buxar
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Sultanganj in Bhagalpur district is the starting point of the Shravani Mela.
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