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 ?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 1 and 2 ✓ UPSC's answer
- (c) 3 only
- (d) 2 and 3
Why the answer is (b)
• Pair 1 is correct: Chapchar Kut is Mizoram's spring festival celebrated in March after jhum clearing, with the Cheraw bamboo dance.
• Pair 2 is correct: Khongjom Parba is a Manipuri ballad tradition sung with the dhol, narrating the 1891 Anglo-Manipur war's Battle of Khongjom.
• Pair 3 is wrong: Thang-Ta (sword and spear) is Manipur's martial art, not Sikkim's.
• Hence 1 and 2, option (b).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 only
- Pair 2 (Khongjom Parba–Manipur) is also correct.
- (c) 3 only
- Pair 3 is wrong: Thang-Ta belongs to Manipur.
- (d) 2 and 3
- Pair 3 is wrong; pair 1 is correct.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2018, held on 3 June 2018. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.