Festivals practice question for SSC. Select an option to check your answer, read the explanation and continue practicing.
Sankranti, the harvest festival, is known by what name in Gujarat?
Correct Answerसही उत्तर
A. UttarayanA. उत्तरायण
Explanationव्याख्या
The correct answer is Uttarayan.
According to the source, Sankranti is one of the major Indian harvest festivals and is celebrated on 14 January every year.
The book states that it is known by different names in different states and provides four specific state-name associations: Haryana — Sakraat; Punjab — Maghi; Gujarat — Uttarayan; Himachal Pradesh — Magha Saaji.
Therefore this single question offers considerably more exam value than merely identifying Gujarat's name.
Students should memorise all four pairs because SSC may later reverse any of them.
The complete source-based revision set is: Haryana — Sakraat; Punjab — Maghi; Gujarat — Uttarayan; Himachal Pradesh — Magha Saaji.
The immediate MCQ asks Gujarat, making Uttarayan the correct answer.
The preceding Q557 in the same book also identifies Uttarayan as Gujarat's distinctive name for Makar Sankranti and states that it is celebrated on 14 January, followed by Vasi-Uttarayan on 15 January.
Together, the two PYQs reinforce the same high-frequency regional festival association.
Pana Sankranti, Lohri and Maghi are used as distractors; among them Maghi is specifically linked by the source to Punjab.
Since the source describes Sankranti here as a harvest festival celebrated in the month of Magh of the Hindu calendar and on 14 January, those points should also be retained.
For revision: Sankranti — 14 January — Gujarat: Uttarayan; Haryana: Sakraat; Punjab: Maghi; Himachal Pradesh: Magha Saaji.
Thus option (a) is correct.
सही उत्तर उत्तरायण है। स्रोत के अनुसार Sankranti भारत के प्रमुख harvest festivals में से एक है और इसे हर वर्ष 14 January को मनाया जाता है। पुस्तक बताती है कि अलग-अलग states में इसे अलग names से जाना जाता है और चार specific associations देती है: Haryana — Sakraat; Punjab — Maghi; Gujarat — Uttarayan; Himachal Pradesh — Magha Saaji। इसलिए यह एक question केवल Gujarat का answer नहीं देता बल्कि चार state-name pairs revise कराता है। इन सभी को साथ याद करना चाहिए क्योंकि SSC इनमें से किसी pair को उल्टे रूप में पूछ सकता है। Complete source-based revision set: Haryana — Sakraat; Punjab — Maghi; Gujarat — Uttarayan; Himachal Pradesh — Magha Saaji। Immediate MCQ Gujarat के बारे में पूछता है, इसलिए Uttarayan सही है। इससे पहले Q557 में भी source Uttarayan को Gujarat में Makar Sankranti का regional name बताती है और 14 January को Uttarayan तथा 15 January को Vasi-Uttarayan से जोड़ती है। इस प्रकार दो PYQs एक ही high-frequency fact को reinforce करते हैं। Pana Sankranti, Lohri और Maghi distractors हैं; इनमें Maghi को source Punjab से जोड़ता है। Question की wording Sankranti को Hindu calendar के Magh month का harvest festival भी बताती है। Revision chain रखें: Sankranti — 14 January — Gujarat: Uttarayan — Haryana: Sakraat — Punjab: Maghi — Himachal Pradesh: Magha Saaji। इसलिए विकल्प (a), Uttarayan, सही उत्तर है।
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