Fairs

SSC Exams

 

Champakulam boat race is famous for – In Kerala

⬥ Somnath fair is popular – In Gujarat

⬥ Simhastha fair is held in Ujjain - On the banks of the Kshipra River

 

⬥ Ambubachi fair is organized every year - Kamakhya Temple ( Assam )  

 

⬥ Sonpur cattle fair ( in Bihar ) is related to - From Hariharnath Temple

 

⬥ Sheorinarayan fair is organised – In Chhattisgarh

 

⬥ ' Matua Dharmamaha Mela ' is related to - From West Bengal  

 

⬥ Nauchandi fair is held once a year – In Uttar Pradesh

 

⬥ Sonepur cattle fair is organised – In Bihar

 

⬥ Ambubachi Mela is a symbol - Of the menstrual period of goddess Kamakhya  

 

⬥ Ganga Sagar Mela is organized every year – In West Bengal

 

⬥ Kotappakonda fair of Andhra Pradesh is organized on the eve of which festival - Maha Shivratri

 

⬥ Ambubachi Mela is dedicated to - To Goddess Kamakhya  

 

⬥ Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the name of ' Magh Saaji ' – In Himachal Pradesh

 

⬥ " Ambubachi Mela " is organised - In Guwahati ( Assam )

 

⬥ Ritual bath called " Shahi Snan " is the major event – Of the Kumbh Mela  

⬥ Ganga Sagar Mela is held on the Hooghly River – In West Bengal  

⬥ Champaran fair is celebrated every year – In Raipur  

⬥ A fair is organised at the dargah of Mastan Shah Wali - Dhamoni Ursdwara  

⬥ Nanda Devi fair is organised in Kumaon region - in the month of September  

⬥ Cattle fair celebrated in Himachal Pradesh - There is a Nalwadi fair

 

⬥ In whose memory is the Madhavpur fair of Gujarat celebrated - Of Krishna and Rukmini

 

Railway Exams

 

⬥ Longest moustache competition is organized - In Pushkar fair  

⬥ It is organised in Haridwar , Prayagraj , Nashik and Ujjain - Kumbh Mela  

⬥ Gangasagar Mela is organized every year – In West Bengal  

⬥ Surajkund Mela , also known as International Crafts Fair , is held in – In Haryana

 

⬥ The John Beale Fair, where the barter system is still used , is held – In Assam  

 

⬥ Kenduli fair is celebrated – In West Bengal  

 

⬥ The world's largest camel fair is organized in India - In Pushkar

 

 

Police Exams

 

⬥ Nalwadi fair is organised – In Himachal Pradesh

 

⬥ Dunnapothula Panduga is celebrated on – In Telangana  

 

⬥ Jallikattu is a bull taming festival which is mainly held in - In Tamil Nadu

 

⬥ Surajkund Fair is organised every year in the month of February – In Faridabad ( Haryana )  

 

⬥ Peer Budhan fair is organized every year – In Madhya Pradesh

 

⬥ Ambubachi fair is organized every year – In Guwahati

 

⬥ Sonepur cattle fair is held on Kartik Purnima – In Bihar  

 

⬥ Which fair is organised in Haridwar , Allahabad , Nashik and Ujjain - Kumbh Mela  

 

⬥ Pushkar ( camel ) fair is organised – In Rajasthan

 

⬥ Poorna Kumbha fair is organized - every 12 years

Defence Exams

 

⬥ Chitra Vichitra is an annual tribal fair held in - In Sabarkantha ( Gujarat )

 

⬥ Kapil Muni Mela is held every year on Kartik Purnima ( November ) - In Bikaner ( Rajasthan )  

 

⬥ Shamlaji fair is organised – In Gujarat  

 

⬥ Shri Jagannathji fair is organized - In Alwar ( Rajasthan )

 

⬥ Madhavpur fair is organised - In Porbandar ( Gujarat )

 

⬥ The world's largest camel fair is held here - In Pushkar ( Rajasthan )

State PCS Exams

⬥ Gotmar fair is organized every year - In Chhindwara ( Madhya Pradesh )

 

⬥ Chandrabhaga fair is organized every year in the month of Kartik - In Jhalawar ( Rajasthan )