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In India, which festival coincide with the festivals of Songkran in Thailand, Thingyan in Myanmar and Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka ?
Options- A. Guru Poornima
- B. Makar Sankranti
- C. Holi
- D. Baisakhi
- Correct Answer
- Baisakhi
ExplanationThe harvest festival of Baisakhi popularly celebrated in North India coincides with the Songkran festival of Thailand, the Thingyan in Myanmar and the Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka. In all the latter three festivals, the coming of a New Year is the central theme and involves various indigenous ways of celebrations.
- 1. The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
Options- A. slave
- B. cultivator
- C. neighbor
- D. foreigner Discuss
- 2. The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to
Options- A. 20 MM SC MD
- B. 33.4 MM SC MD
- C. 22.3 MM SC MD
- D. 29.6 MM SC MD Discuss
- 3. Former Australian captain Allan Border was sometimes known as "Captain Grumpy". What was his other nickname?
Options- A. Abe
- B. Captain Junior
- C. AB
- D. Groucho Discuss
- 4. The largest gold producing country in the world(in 2006) is
Options- A. China
- B. Canada
- C. South Africa
- D. USA Discuss
- 5. The first recipient of Nehru Award was
Options- A. Martin Luther King
- B. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- C. Mother Teresa
- D. U Thant Discuss
- 6. David Copperfield is the name of
Options- A. novel
- B. famous actor
- C. poem
- D. writer Discuss
- 7. The sulphites are a mineral group that contain one or more metallic elements in combination with the sulphate compound ____
Options- A. SO3
- B. SO2
- C. SO4
- D. SO Discuss
- 8. The short term variations of the atmosphere, ranging from minutes to months are called
Options- A. climate
- B. weather
- C. temperature
- D. humidity Discuss
- 9. Which is the best search tool for finding Web sites that have been handpicked and recommended by someone else?
Options- A. Subject directories
- B. Search engines
- C. Meta-search engines
- D. Discussion groups Discuss
- 10. The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as
Options- A. Ganga
- B. Indus
- C. Brahmaputra
- D. Mahanadi Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: neighbor
Correct Answer: 33.4 MM SC MD
Correct Answer: AB
Explanation:
Captain Grumpy was more of a media invention.
Correct Answer: South Africa
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_gold_production
Correct Answer: U Thant
Correct Answer: novel
Correct Answer: SO4
Correct Answer: weather
Correct Answer: Subject directories
Explanation:
Subject directories tend to house fewer?sometimes more relevant?sites than those found through search engines. Sites in a subject directory often have been handpicked by editorial teams or specialists in a particular field.
Correct Answer: Brahmaputra
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