2025 | Quiz3 | Festivals And Places Of India, Questions Only

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2025
Festival Places
Festive Place
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1. 2
Festivals of
India

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3. 4
Which Festival?
Clue #1 : Started back 20 years ago, this festival has been
grown into one of the largest and most prestigious of its
kind
Clue #2 : This year's event had discussion on various topics
including Nalanda, Drukpa Kunley [Tibetan Monk], "My
Beautiful Japan", "The Land of Broken Promises" [on
ongoing Gaza conflict], and "Devi and Her Avatars"

4. 2

5. 8
This festival is commemorated all over India. But this place
has a specific version of it!
Clue #1 : One of the earliest citation was there in a 14th
Century Italian explorer Nicolo De Conti's journal as how
the celebration was there to revere a warrior goddess, and
the procession included pageantry military parade,
fireworks, dancing, singing, and athletic competitions
Clue #2 : This place's name is rooting back to the name of
the arch-enemy of the above mentioned goddess

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7. 12
Which event we are talking about here?
Clue #1 : Mumbai observes the largest celebration of this
new year festival, in India
Clue #2 : In most of the other places in the world, this is
held around August. But in Mumbai, there are 3 dates
because of 3 different calendars - Shahenshahi, Fasli, and
Kadmi

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9. 16
We are talking about a festival, dear to Chandigarh, held on
the last end of February every year!
Clue #1 : This has been going on since 1972
Clue #2 : Two current, major organisers of this is
Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, and Zakir Hussain ____
Garden

10. 5

11. 20
Which festival's logo is shown here, held mainly in
Thiruvananthpuram, since 1997?

12. 6

13. 24
Connect these to a Mangalore festivity!

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15. 28
What/Who we are talking about?
Clue #1 : He was founder of Indore Gharana
Clue #2 : Indore has been hosting the venue for a music
festival for 6 years now, remembering this great singer's
early life in the city

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17. 32
We are speaking about another big scale, new year festival!
Clue #1 : '_____ Pachadi' is a dish prepared for this occasion, recipe of which
represents "the different emotions and experiences that one can expect in the
coming year, reminding people to accept all of life's facets with grace"
- Sweet/jaggery : Happiness and joy
- Sour/tamarind : Challenges and obstacles
- Bitter/neem : Sadness and difficulties
- Tangy/mango : Surprise and unexpected events
- Spicy/chilli: Anger or intense moments
- Salty/salt : Fear and anxiety
Clue #2 : In Hyderabad, massive panchangam [almanac] readings are organised as
public events. Its name is etymologically coming from Sanskrit bases meaning "year/
time" and "beginning"

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19. 36
Which place?
Clue #1 : Because of the Armenian heritage for centuries in
here, there is a custom of celebrating Christmas in January
6th as well, marking both Jesus' birth and baptism
Clue #2 : One of the oldest, quintessential bakery shops
here - heavily in demand during either dates of Christmas -
was founded by _____ Israel Mordecai, a man from
Baghdad with Jewish lineage

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21. 40
This Nagpur festival is actually a cool effigy carnival!

22. 43
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