UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

Consider the following pairs: Tradition - State: 1. Chapchar Kut festival - Mizoram; 2. Khongjom Parba ballad - Manipur; 3. Thang-Ta dance - Sikkim. Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 2
  3. 3 only
  4. 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

1 and 2

Explanation

Chapchar Kut is a spring festival of Mizoram and Khongjom Parba is a ballad tradition of Manipur. Thang-Ta is a martial art form of Manipur, not a dance of Sikkim.

Topics: art and culture, chapchar kut, khongjom parba, performing arts and festivals, thang-ta, traditions of north-east india