Harvest Festivals Quiz

In West Bengal, Noboborsho is also known as -

Pohela Boishakh is the ................ day of the Bengali Calendar.

In Assam, Pohela Boishakh is celebrated as ....................

King ................ancient Bengal is credited with starting the Bengali era.

The starting point of the Bengali era is estimated to be in in the Gregorian calendar.

• 564

• 574

• 584

• 594

The festival date is set according to the ....................... Bengali calendar as the first day of its first month Boishakh.

• lunar

• solar

• lunisolar

The festive Mangal Shobhajatra is organized in .....................

• Tripura

• Bengal

• Bangladesh

In 2016, the UNESCO declared this festivity organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka as a .................. heritage of humanity.

• religious

• spiritual

• cultural

• educational

Bengali families clean their house and decorate them with rangoli called .................

• kalpona

• alpana

Traders start a new accounting year on this auspicious day Opening the accounting books is called .........................

• bail khata

• kopy kitap

• hal khata