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Festivals of India – Static GK

December 16, 2025
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1. Diwali is associated with

Answer: Victory of good over evil

2. Which festival is called the Festival of Colours?

Answer: Holi

3. Durga Puja is mainly celebrated in

Answer: West Bengal 

4. Onam is the harvest festival of

Answer: Kerala 

5. Pongal is celebrated in

Answer: Tamil Nadu 

6. Bihu festival belongs to

Answer: Assam

7. Pola festival is associated with

Answer: Bull worship

8. Baisakhi is associated with which religion?

Answer: Jainism 

9. Ganesh Chaturthi is mainly celebrated in

Answer: Maharashtra

10. Navratri is celebrated for

Answer: 9 days

11. Dussehra symbolizes

Answer: Victory of Rama over Ravana

12. Mahavir Jayanti is related to

Answer: Jainism 

13. Buddha Purnima marks the birth of

Answer: Gautama Buddha

14. Hornbill Festival is celebrated in

Answer: Nagaland 

15. Pushkar Camel Fair is held in

Answer: Haryana 

16. Lohri is mainly celebrated in?

Answer: Punjab 

17. Which festival is related to boat races?

Answer: Onam

18. Chhath Puja is dedicated to

Answer: Sun God

19. Chhath Puja is mainly celebrated in

Answer: Bihar 

20. Which festival is associated with the Santhal tribe?

Answer: Tusu Parab

21. Hemis Festival is celebrated in

Answer: Ladakh

22. Losar is the New Year festival of

Answer: Sikkim 

23. Which festival marks the birth of Lord Krishna?

Answer: Janmashtami

24. Which festival is celebrated after the winter solstice in Tamil Nadu?

Answer: Onam

25. Teej festival is mainly celebrated in

Answer: Rajasthan 

26. Rath Yatra is associated with ___________ place.

Answer: Puri

27. Rath Yatra is dedicated to

Answer: Lord Jagannath

28. Which state celebrates ‘Torgya Monastery Festival’?

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

29. Vishu festival belongs to

Answer: Kerala

30. Ugadi is the New Year festival of

Answer: Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh

31. Which festival involves ‘Garba’ and ‘Dandiya Raas’?

Answer: Navratri

32. Karva Chauth is mainly observed by

Answer: Married women 

33. Which state celebrates Nuakhai?

Answer: Odisha 

34. Wangala is a harvest festival of?

Answer: Meghalaya 

35. Chapchar Kut festival is celebrated in

Answer: Mizoram 

36. Bathukamma festival belongs to

Answer: Telengana 

37. Which festival is associated with the worship of Kamakhya Devi?

Answer: Ambubachi

38. Which festival marks Sikh New Year?

Answer:  Baisakhi

39. Guru Nanak Jayanti is related to

Answer: Sikhism

40. Hola Mohalla is celebrated?

Answer: Punjab

41. Which festival is related to Goddess Durga?

Answer: Navaratri 

42. Gangasagar Mela is held in

Answer: West Bengal 

43. Which state celebrates Yaoshang?

Answer: Manipur

44. Which festival marks the Assamese New Year?

Answer: Rongali Bihu

45. Bhogali Bihu is related to

Answer: Harvest

46. Ambubachi Mela is associated with which unique belief?

Answer: Menstrual cycle of a goddess

47. Makar Sankranti marks

Answer: Sun’s northward movement

48. Which state celebrates Kati Bihu?

Answer: Assam

49. Tulip Festival is celebrated in

Answer:  Jammu & Kashmir

50. Which festival is associated with snakes?

Answer:  Nag Panchami

51. Raksha Bandhan symbolizes

Answer: Brother-sister bond

52. Which festival celebrates the worship of cattle?

Answer: Govardhan Puja

53. Which festival is celebrated to welcome Goddess Lakshmi?

Answer: Diwali

54. Which festival is famous for masked dances in Sikkim?

Answer: Pang Lhabsol

55. Saga Dawa festival is related to

Answer: Buddhism 

56. Which festival is celebrated in honour of ancestors?

Answer:  Pitru Paksha

57. Which festival marks the birth of Lord Rama?

Answer: Ram Navami

58. Which festival is celebrated by Parsis?

Answer: Navroz

59. Navroz marks

Answer: Parsi New Year

60. Which state celebrates Kullu Dussehra?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh 

61. Which festival involves lighting lamps on river banks?

Answer: Chhath Puja

62. Which festival is associated with Goddess Gauri?

Answer: Teej

63. Which festival is called the Festival of Harvest in Punjab?

Answer: Baisakhi 

64. Which state celebrates Moatsu Festival?

Answer: Nagaland 

65. Which festival is related to rain worship?

Answer: Ambubachi

66. Which festival is celebrated in Gujarat with Garba?

Answer: Navaratri 

67. Which festival marks the end of Durga Puja?

Answer: Dussehra 

68. Which festival is celebrated by lighting bonfires?

Answer: Lohri

69. Which festival is linked with tribal culture of Nagaland?

Answer: Hornbill 

70. Which festival celebrates the return of King Mahabali?

Answer: Onam

71. Which festival is celebrated in Maharashtra after Ganesh Visarjan?

Answer: Anant Chaturdashi

72. Which festival is known as the Festival of Kites?

Answer: Makar Sankranti 

73. Which festival is celebrated in memory of Imam Hussain?

Answer: Muharram

74. Which festival is related to Prophet Muhammad?

Answer: Milad-un-Nabi

75. Which state celebrates Tusu Parab?

Answer: Jharkhand 

76. Which festival is associated with Goddess Saraswati?

Answer: Vasant Panchami 

77. Which festival welcomes spring season?

Answer: Holi

78. Which festival is celebrated on the full moon day of Vaishakh?

Answer: Buddha Purnima 

79. Which festival is associated with cow worship in Maharashtra?

Answer: Pola

80. Which festival is celebrated to honour teachers and gurus?

Answer: Guru Purnima

81. Bathukamma is associated with which natural element?

Answer: Flowers

82. Which festival is connected with ‘Ahimsa’ philosophy?

Answer: Mahavir Jayanti

83. Which festival is observed as a thanksgiving to nature in Kerala?

Answer: Onam

84. Yaoshang is often called the Holi of

Answer: Manipur

85. Which festival involves ritual fasting and offering arghya to the Sun?

Answer: Chhath Puja

86. Ambubachi Mela is held at which temple?

Answer: Kamakhya Temple

87. Gangasagar Mela is held at the confluence of

Answer: Ganga & Bay of Bengal

88. ‘Nuakhai’ festival is related to

Answer: New rice consumption

89. ‘Wangala’ festival belongs to which tribe/state?

Answer: Garo – Meghalaya

90. Which festival of West Bengal is recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage?

Answer: Durga Puja

91. Jagaddhatri Puja is mainly associated with which town of West Bengal?

Answer: Chandannagar

92. Nabanna festival is related to

Answer: New rice harvesting

93. Which harvest festival of West Bengal is celebrated after the Aman paddy harvest?

Answer: Nabanna

94. Which festival is popularly known as ‘Bengali Valentine’s Day’?

Answer: Saraswati Puja

95. Dol Jatra of West Bengal corresponds to

Answer: Holi

96. Dol Jatra is mainly associated with

Answer: Lord Krishna

97. Which festival involves immersion of idols in the Hooghly River?

Answer: Durga Puja

98. Gajan festival is mainly celebrated in

Answer: West Bengal

99. ‘Karam’ festival is related to

Answer: Trees

100. Sarhul (sal trees) festival belongs to which tribe/region?

Answer: Oraon – Jharkhand