Which pair of a Madhya Pradesh fair or festival and its place is correctly matched?
- A.Kalidas Samaroh and Ujjain
- B.Nimar Utsav and Orchha
- C.Barman fair and Barwani
- D.Nagaji cattle fair and Jhabua
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Kalidas Samaroh and Ujjain. Ujjain is held to be the city of Kalidasa, and the state festival named after him, with drama, recitation and scholarship on his works, is held there.
Option B is wrong because the Nimar Utsav belongs to Maheshwar on the Narmada in Khargone district, while Orchha in Niwari district keeps the Ramnavami fair of the Ram Raja temple. Option C is wrong because the Barman fair is held on the Narmada in Narsinghpur district on Kartik Purnima, and Barwani is the district of Bawangaja. Option D is wrong because the Nagaji cattle fair belongs to Bhind district in the Chambal region, and Jhabua is the district of Bhagoria. Pairing questions of this form are the commonest way the chapter is set, so each fair should be fixed with its own district and month.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Kumbh Mela of Ujjain, known as the Simhastha, is held on the bank of which river?
- A.Narmada
- B.Shipra
- C.Betwa
- D.Chambal
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Ujjain stands on the Shipra, and the Simhastha bathing takes place at its ghats, chiefly Ram Ghat, with the Mahakaleshwar jyotirlinga at the centre of the fair.
Read the full explanation →The Ujjain Kumbh is called the Simhastha because it is held when
- A.Jupiter enters Leo
- B.Jupiter enters Aquarius
- C.the Sun enters Capricorn
- D.the Moon enters Taurus
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Simha is the Sanskrit name of Leo, and the Ujjain fair takes its name from the entry of Jupiter into that sign, with the Sun in Aries; the combination falls in the month of Vaisakha, so the Ujjain Kumbh is a Vaisakha fair rather than a winter one.
Read the full explanation →The Bhagoria Haat festival is celebrated chiefly by which community of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.The Gonds of the Mandla belt
- B.The Bhils and Bhilalas of the Jhabua belt
- C.The Baigas of the Dindori belt
- D.The Korkus of the Betul belt
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Bhagoria is the haat festival of the Bhil and Bhilala people of the western districts, above all Jhabua and Alirajpur, with Dhar, Barwani and Khargone joining in, and it is held in the weekly markets of the week before Holi.
Read the full explanation →The Bhagoria Haat is held in the days immediately before which festival?
- A.Diwali
- B.Holi
- C.Nagpanchami
- D.Makar Sankranti
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Bhagoria runs through the weekly haats of the week before Holi, in the month of Phalguna, and closes on the day of Holi itself, so the festival is counted as the Bhil form of the spring festival rather than a separate date in the calendar.
Read the full explanation →Maha Shivratri is celebrated in the honour of the Hindu deity, Lord Shiva in the Hindu month of ________.
- A.Kartika
- B.Chaitra
- C.Phalguna
- D.Vaishakha
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Maha Shivratri falls on the Chaturdashi of the dark half of Phalguna, in February or March. In Madhya Pradesh it is the largest single fair day of the year: it fills the Mahakaleshwar jyotirlinga at Ujjain, the Bhojeshwar temple at Bhojpur in Raisen district and the Shiva shrines of Pachmarhi.
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