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Facts

• All festivals can be divided into religious and national festivals.
• Religious festivals include Basant Panchami, Diwali, Eid-ul-Fitr, Mahavir Jayanti, Budh

Purnima, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Pongal, Dussehra, Lohri, Onam, Gurupurab,
Christmas etc.

• Some religious festivals are celebrated in some specific states or regions; for example,
Durga Puja in West Bengal, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Onam in Kerala and Lohri in
Punjab etc.

• The important national festivals include Independence Day, Republic Day and
Gandhi Jayanti.

XERCISE

A. Tick (3) the right option :

1. ____________ is also called Saraswati Puja.
(a) Basant Panchami (b) Pongal (c) Lohri

2. Diwali is a festival of ____________ .
(a) colours (b) lights (c) sweets

3. Eid occurs after the month of fasting called ____________ .

(a) Jumma (b) Namaz (c) Ramzan
4. On ____________ people worship their Gurus and teachers.

(a) Mahavir Jayanti (b) Budh Jayanti (c) Onam
5. Lord Rama achieved victory over Ravana on ____________ .

(a) Diwali (b) Dussehra (c) Holi
6. ____________ is the birthday of Jesus Christ.

(a) Eid-ul-Fitr (b) Christmas (c) Gurupurab
7. The Constitution of India came into force on ____________ .

(a) Republic Day (b) Independence Day (c) Gandhi Jayanti
B. Identify the following festivals :

_______________ _______________ _______________

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