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1. Dindi and Kala are religious folk dances that express the religious ecstasies of which Indian deity?
a. Rama
b. Ganesha
c. Vishnu
d. Krishna
2. Visarjan is the practice of immersing the idols in the sea. With which festival is it associated?
a. Janmashtami
b. Holi
c. Diwali
d. Ganesh Chaturthi
3. Warli is the largest tribe of which Indian state?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Telangana
c. Maharashtra
d. Mizoram
4. The Gelugpa is a religious Buddhist sect that is also known as the _________ hat sect.
a. Yellow
b. Red
c. Orange
d. Green
5. Gompa refers to the temples of
a. Sikhs
b. Parsis
c. Buddhists
d. Jains
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Answers
1. Dindi and Kala are religious folk dances that express the religious ecstasies of which Indian deity?
a. Rama
b. Ganesha
c. Vishnu
d. Krishna
Did You Know?
Dindi and Kala are religious folk dances in Maharashtra. Both these dances describe the playfulness of Lord Krishna.
Read more about it in this link.
2. Visarjan is the practice of immersing the idols in the sea. With which festival is it associated?
a. Janmashtami
b. Holi
c. Diwali
d. Ganesh Chaturthi
Did You Know?
Ganesha is the most worshipped God in the state of Maharashtra. During the Ganesh Chaturthi, the city of Mumbai turns colourful.
Read more about it in this link.
3. Warli is the largest tribe of which Indian state?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Telangana
c. Maharashtra
d. Mizoram
Did You Know?
The women of the Warli tribe paint on their mud houses which are called Warli tribal wall paintings.
Read more about it in this link.
4. The Gelugpa is a religious Buddhist sect that is also known as the _________ hat sect.
a. Yellow
b. Red
c. Orange
d. Green
Did You Know? Gelug means Order of Excellence in the Tibetan language. This Buddhist sect strictly requires its followers to abide by its disciplines. Since its followers mostly wear yellow-peach-shaped hats, they are called the Yellow hat sect.
Read more about it in this link.
5. Gompa refers to the temples of
a. Sikhs
b. Parsis
c. Buddhists
d. Jains
Did You Know? The Tibetan Buddhist Monastries are also called Gompas. Gompa means a remote place. Pilgrims walking around the Gompas must do so in a clockwise direction - the same direction that Buddhist prayer wheels should be spun.
Read more about it in this link.
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