Q 01/05

What is Diwali commonly known as?

A) Festival of Lights

B) Festival of Colors

C) Festival of Harvest

D) Festival of Music

Answer · why

A) Festival of Lights

Diwali is known as the Festival of Lights: homes, temples and streets are lined with oil lamps on the festival's new-moon night, marking light's victo...

Q 02/05

Which small oil lamps are traditionally lit during Diwali celebrations?

A) Kandil

B) Lanterns

C) Diyas

D) Mashaal

Answer · why

C) Diyas

Diyas are the small oil lamps lit in rows during Diwali, filled with ghee or mustard oil and a cotton wick; they symbolize the victory of light over d...

Q 03/05

Which Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity is primarily worshipped during Diwali?

A) Saraswati

B) Durga

C) Lakshmi

D) Parvati

Answer · why

C) Lakshmi

Goddess Lakshmi, the Hindu deity of wealth, fortune, and prosperity, is the primary deity worshipped during Diwali. Devotees clean their homes and lig...

Q 04/05

How many days does the Diwali festival traditionally span?

A) Three days

B) Five days

C) Seven days

D) Ten days

Answer · why

B) Five days

Diwali spans five days, from the thirteenth day of a lunar dark fortnight to the second day of the following bright fortnight, with the main night of ...

Q 05/05

Which colorful floor art patterns are traditionally created during Diwali?

A) Rangoli

B) Mehndi

C) Madhubani

D) Warli

Answer · why

A) Rangoli

Rangoli are decorative patterns made on floors using colored powders, rice, flower petals, and sand. They are created at the entrance of homes during ...