Diwali Quiz – Gitaafunline

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Sowmya

– October 16, 2009Posted in: FEATURED, Funline

All of us at Gitaaonline wish our readers a wonderful Diwali. On the occasion of Diwali, take our Diwali Quiz to know more about Diwali.

Enjoy a cyber lighting of Diyas at our website and Please leave your comments and scores and special thoughts for us on this happy and colourful festival.

Quiz Stats: Grade – Medium; Par = 7

Most of you know that Diwali is often called the festival of lights and is a famous Indian festival. Do you know which country celebrates the Lantern Festival?

Korea
Indonesia
Japan
China

What is the name given to the first day of the Diwali festival?

Bhai Dooj
Dhanteras
Antarawali
Narakasur Chaturdashi

In which Hindu month does Diwali fall?

Chaitra
Ashwin
Phalguni
Ashaada

Name this town in Tamil Nadu, which makes eight out of every 10 crackers in India and has recently employed 40 or so Firecracker consultants from China?

Tiruppur
Madurai
Sivakasi
Tirunelveli

Which other religion also celebrates Diwali and why?

Buddhists who celebrate the light of knowledge
Christians who celebrate thanksgiving at the same time
Parsis because they worship fire
Jains because Mahavir attained Nirvana on this day

To whom did Yama explain on the Diwali Amavasya (darknight) about the spiritual significance of Diwali that men have to pass through darkness to attain light.

Savitri
Yudishtra
Nachiketas
Markandeya

Diwali is the shortened version of Deepavali. What is the literal meaning of this term?

Row of lights
Festival of lights
Light of Knowledge
Spreading light and cheer

What event from Ramayana does Diwali symbolise?

The birth of Rama
The return of Rama & Sita to Ayodhya after 14 years
The killing of Ravana by Rama
The marriage of Rama and Sita

Diwali commemorates the killing of which demon by Lord Krishna

Kamsa
Narakasura
Hiranyaksha
Hiranyakashipu

There is no public holiday for Diwali in which of the following countries?

Singapore
Fiji
Trinidad & Tobago
Thailand

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12 Comments

1. Reply

   Ramamurthy

   Posted October 17, 2009 at 7:24 AM

   Happy Diwali to all sathsanghiss..

   I scored 6 out of 10…

   My answers were shown in bold..But i could not see the right answers…
   This is a wonderful web site…
   My pranams to you sowmyaji for your great service

   Ramamurthy

2. Reply

   Dumane

   Posted October 17, 2009 at 9:36 AM

   Diwali Quiz was a fun. It was rather simple. I scored 8 out of 10.
   Wishing all Quiz makers and solvers a Happy and prosperous Diwali.
   Human nature being inquisitive, likes to answer the quizzes .

3. Reply

   chitradevaraj

   Posted October 17, 2009 at 10:57 AM

   Namaskar Sowmyaji. A very Happy Deepavali to you and all sathsangis. We scored 9/10. Few were just guess which clicked right. Like everytime we enjoyed the quiz and the wonderful greeting. Love and humble Pranams,

   chitradevaraj

4. Reply

   Sundaresan Ramanathan

   Posted October 17, 2009 at 10:47 PM

   Sowmyaji
   interesting and informative quiz.
   Enjoyed it thoroughly.
   Regards
   Sundaresan

5. Reply

   shobana sankar

   Posted October 18, 2009 at 12:33 PM

   This is really a wonderful quiz and an excellent website. I scored 5 on 10. Happy diwali to all our satsanghis. shobana sankar

6. Reply

   viraaj

   Posted August 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM

   It was very tough. HAPPY DIWALI EVERYONE

7. Reply

   Seema

   Posted October 22, 2011 at 2:20 PM

   I think Diwali comes in the kartik month and I am sure we called it a FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS also.
   Regards
   Seema

   • Reply

     Sowmya

     Posted October 22, 2011 at 2:42 PM

     @Seema – that’s what makes multiple choice fun – when your answer is not one of the options;) It falls on a cusp of two months and the obvious answer is not in the list. http://www.indiaplaces.com/indian-festivals/dipawali.html is one of many sites where you can check the answer

     On the latter question, we asked for the “literal” meaning of the words..

     Happy Deepawali

8. Reply

   champaka

   Posted October 22, 2011 at 2:36 PM

   Thanks Sowmya, just passed, but enjoyed it

   • Reply

     Sowmya

     Posted October 22, 2011 at 2:48 PM

     Thanks Champa – Happy Diwali to all of you;)

9. Reply

   Ravi

   Posted October 22, 2011 at 5:03 PM

   Thanks for the quiz – got only competent. Happy Deepavali to You and all in Bahrain.

   • Reply

     Sowmya

     Posted October 24, 2011 at 9:35 PM

     Thanks Ravi – wish you and family a very Happy Deepavali as well..