EVS Festivals - CBSE Worksheets- 2

Q1: Write TRUE or FALSE for given statements.

(i) Deepawali means ‘row of lamps’.

(ii) In Andhra Pradesh, the harvest festival is called Pongal.

(iii) Mahatma Gandhi is called the brother of the nation.

(iv) Navroz is celebrated by the Parsi community.

(v) The Golden Temple is at Ambala.

(vi) Children dress up as Santa Claus to celebrate Christmas.

(vii) Indian Republic Day celebration is held at Rajpath in New Delhi.

(viii) Indian Independence Day is celebrated on the day of 26 January.

(ix) People draw kolams to decorate their houses for celebrating Pongal.

(x) Muharram is celebrated by people of the Muslim religion

Q2: Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks.

(i) __________________ is prepared on Eid-ul-Fitr.
(a) Srikhand
(b) Kheer
(c) Sewain

(ii) ________________ is called the festival of colours.
(a)Holi
(b) Diwali
(c) Bihu

(iii) Teacher’s Day is celebrated on the birthday of ____________.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Radhakrishnan

(iv)_______________ festival is called the ‘festival of light’.
(a) Holi
(b) Diwali
(c) Dussehra

(v) The holy book of the Sikhs called__________.
(a) Guru Granth Sahib
(b) Koran
(c) Gita

(vi) _______________ is celebrated by Christians as the birth of Jesus Christ.
(a) Christmas
(b) Easter
(c) Eid-ul-Fitr

(vii) _______________ is celebrated to mark the end of a month long period of fasting.
(a) Gurpurb
(b) Eid-ul-Fitr
(c) Navroz

Q3: Match the following religious Indian festivals with their state.

Q4: Choose the correct answer to the following festivals.

(ii) Which season does Holi bring to India?
(a) Spring
(b) Summer
(c) Winter
(d) Rainy

(iii) Bihu is the harvest festival of
(a) Assam
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Manipur

(iv) In the month of February which city hosts the Kala Ghoda Art festival?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bengaluru

(v) Alta Taddi is celebrated in which state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Andhra Pradesh