Q 01/05

Diwali is best known as the Hindu festival of what?

A) Colours

B) Harvest

C) Kites

D) Lights

Answer · why

D) Lights

Diwali is the festival of lights: homes are lit with rows of diyas, small clay oil lamps, and many families worship Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.

Q 02/05

By popular tradition, Diwali marks whose return to Ayodhya after 14 years in exile?

A) Krishna

B) Ganesha

C) Arjuna

D) Rama

Answer · why

D) Rama

Rama returned to Ayodhya with Sita and Lakshmana after defeating Ravana, and the city lit rows of lamps to welcome them home, the origin of Diwali's l...

Q 03/05

What do people throw at each other during Holi?

A) Coloured powder and water

B) Flower petals and perfume

C) Rice grains and turmeric

D) Ripe tomatoes and eggs

Answer · why

A) Coloured powder and water

Revellers throw coloured powder (gulal) and drench each other with water; the night before, bonfires called Holika Dahan mark the victory of good over...

Q 04/05

Holi celebrates the arrival of which season?

A) Spring

B) Autumn

C) Monsoon

D) Winter

Answer · why

A) Spring

Holi welcomes spring: it falls on the full moon of the Hindu month Phalguna, usually in March, and honours the love of Radha and Krishna.

Q 05/05

Chinese New Year is also known by what name?

A) The Moon Festival

B) The Spring Festival

C) The Dragon Festival

D) The Harvest Festival

Answer · why

B) The Spring Festival

Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival (Chunjie); it begins on the new moon between 21 January and 20 February and ends 15 days later with the...