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Question language / प्रश्न भाषा

Kumbh Mela is NOT held at:

कुंभ मेला कहाँ आयोजित नहीं होता है?

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Allahabadइलाहाबाद

Ujjainउज्जैन

Puriपुरी

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Haridwarहरिद्वार

Correct Answerसही उत्तर

C. PuriC. पुरी

Explanationव्याख्या

The correct answer is Puri.
According to the source, Kumbh Mela is held by rotation at four places: Haridwar, Allahabad, Nashik and Ujjain.
The source also specifies the sacred-river association of these places: the Ganga at Haridwar; the Sangam of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati at Allahabad; the Godavari at Nashik; and the Shipra at Ujjain.
Puri is therefore not a Kumbh Mela site in the source's traditional four-location framework.
This question repeats the same underlying fact as the preceding PYQ but uses a different incorrect option.
Such repetition is useful because it shows the exam pattern: candidates may be asked either which city is a Kumbh site or which city is not.
Therefore the four authentic sites must be memorised as a fixed set.
The source wording says the Kumbh is held 'every third year at one of the four places by rotation', while the preceding question separately states that the Purna Kumbh takes place every 12 years.
These are source-specific formulations and should be preserved in their respective question contexts rather than automatically reconciled.
For exam revision, the safest core is the location list: Haridwar, Allahabad
Prayagraj, Nashik and Ujjain.
Puri, despite being an important pilgrimage city, is not part of this Kumbh rotation according to the source.
Therefore option (c), Puri, is correct.

सही उत्तर पुरी है। स्रोत के अनुसार Kumbh Mela rotation के अनुसार चार स्थानों पर आयोजित होता है: Haridwar, Allahabad, Nashik और Ujjain। Source इन स्थानों की sacred-river association भी देता है: Haridwar — Ganga; Allahabad — Ganga, Yamuna और mythical Saraswati का Sangam; Nashik — Godavari; Ujjain — Shipra। इसलिए Puri source के traditional four-location Kumbh framework में शामिल नहीं है। यह प्रश्न पिछले PYQ के उसी basic fact को अलग distractor के साथ पूछता है। इससे exam pattern स्पष्ट होता है: कभी genuine Kumbh site पूछी जाती है, कभी NOT held at वाला प्रश्न। इसलिए चारों locations को fixed set की तरह याद करना चाहिए। Source इस explanation में कहता है कि Kumbh हर तीसरे वर्ष rotation में किसी एक place पर held होता है, जबकि पिछले question में Purna Kumbh को 12-year cycle से जोड़ा गया है। ये source-specific formulations हैं और इन्हें अपने-अपने question context में preserve करना चाहिए, बिना silently reconcile किए। Exam revision के लिए सबसे सुरक्षित core fact है: Kumbh Locations — Haridwar, Allahabad/Prayagraj, Nashik, Ujjain। Puri एक महत्वपूर्ण pilgrimage city है, लेकिन source के अनुसार Kumbh rotation का हिस्सा नहीं है। इसलिए विकल्प (c), पुरी, सही उत्तर है।