1. How many main locations host the Kumbh Mela?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
Answer: c) 4
2. Which city hosted the 2025 Maha Kumbh?
a) Haridwar b) Nashik c) Ujjain d) Prayagraj
Answer: d) Prayagraj
3. Which astrological body is important in deciding Kumbh dates?
a) Mars b) Jupiter c) Venus d) Mercury
Answer: b) Jupiter
4. What river confluence is in Prayagraj for the Kumbh?
a) Ganga-Yamuna b) Ganga-Narmada c) Godavari-Kaveri d) Indus-Saraswati
Answer: a) Ganga-Yamuna
5. What kind of Kumbh occurs every 12 years?
a) Ardh Kumbh b) Maha Kumbh c) Mini Kumbh d) Annual Kumbh
Answer: b) Maha Kumbh
6. What is the Ardh Kumbh?
a) Every 6 years b) Every 3 years c) Every 12 years d) Every 144 years
Answer: a) Every 6 years
7. Which Kumbh comes every 144 years?
a) Ardh Kumbh b) Purna Kumbh c) Maha Kumbh d) Mini Kumbh
Answer: c) Maha Kumbh
8. Which city’s Kumbh is called Simhastha?
a) Prayagraj b) Haridwar c) Ujjain d) Nashik
Answer: d) Nashik
9. What do devotees do in Kumbh?
a) Climb mountains b) Take a holy dip c) Fast all day d) Write poems
Answer: b) Take a holy dip
10. Which festival is sometimes called Kumbh but smaller?
a) Magha Mela b) Diwali c) Holi d) Pongal
Answer: a) Magha Mela
11. Which rivers are involved in Kumbh sites?
a) Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Shipra b) Indus, Brahmaputra, Kaveri, Godavari
c) Narmada, Krishna, Ganga, Yamuna d) None
Answer: a) Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Shipra
12. In which city is Kumbh held on the river Shipra?
a) Nashik b) Haridwar c) Ujjain d) Prayagraj
Answer: c) Ujjain
13. Kumbh Mela is included in UNESCO’s list as what?
a) Tangible Heritage b) Natural Monument c) Intangible Cultural Heritage d) World Wonder
Answer: c) Intangible Cultural Heritage
14. What does bathing in Kumbh rivers symbolize?
a) Clean clothes b) Washing sins c) Swimming practice d) Fishing
Answer: b) Washing sins
15. Which Kumbh cycle is the biggest gathering?
a) Ardh Kumbh b) Maha Kumbh c) Mini Kumbh d) Annual Mela
Answer: b) Maha Kumbh
16. Which two cities host Ardh Kumbh?
a) Nashik & Ujjain b) Haridwar & Prayagraj c) Haridwar & Ujjain d) Nashik & Prayagraj
Answer: b) Haridwar & Prayagraj
17. Which cycle comes more frequently: Ardh or Purna?
a) Ardh Kumbh b) Purna Kumbh
Answer: a) Ardh Kumbh
18. Which Kumbh returns to same city every 12 years?
a) Annual b) Purna c) Ardh d) None
Answer: b) Purna
19. Who organizes the modern Kumbh mela events?
a) Local committees & governments b) Foreign countries c) Private clubs d) Only priests
Answer: a) Local committees & governments
20. Which alignment was rare in 2025 Kumbh?
a) Jupiter, Sun & Moon in special position b) Saturn alignment c) No alignment d) None
Answer: a) Jupiter, Sun & Moon in special position
21. When is the next Maha Kumbh after 2025?
a) 2037 b) 2036 c) 2033 d) 2030
Answer: a) 2037
📖 History & Records
22. Where did the first written evidence of Kumbh Mela appear?
a) Mahabharata b) Puranas c) Rigveda d) Ramayana
Answer: b) Puranas
23. Which Mughal emperor mentioned Kumbh Mela in his writings?
a) Akbar b) Jahangir c) Aurangzeb d) Babur
Answer: b) Jahangir
24. Who described Kumbh Mela in 7th century travel records?
a) Fa-Hien b) Hiuen Tsang c) Marco Polo d) Al-Biruni
Answer: b) Hiuen Tsang
25. Which Kumbh Mela is believed to have started first?
a) Haridwar b) Prayagraj c) Ujjain d) Nashik
Answer: a) Haridwar
26. In which year did UNESCO recognize Kumbh Mela?
a) 2005 b) 2010 c) 2017 d) 2020
Answer: c) 2017
27. Which Kumbh Mela recorded the largest gathering ever?
a) 2001 Prayagraj b) 2010 Haridwar c) 2013 Prayagraj d) 2025 Prayagraj
Answer: c) 2013 Prayagraj
28. Which river hosts the Kumbh in Nashik?
a) Ganga b) Godavari c) Shipra d) Yamuna
Answer: b) Godavari
29. What is the meaning of the word ‘Kumbh’?
a) Pot b) Bath c) Festival d) Fire
Answer: a) Pot
30. Which king is said to have started organized Kumbh fairs?
a) Harshavardhana b) Chandragupta c) Ashoka d) Samudragupta
Answer: a) Harshavardhana
31. Which Kumbh Mela saw a record crowd of 30 million in a single day?
a) 2013 Prayagraj b) 2010 Haridwar c) 2001 Prayagraj d) 1998 Ujjain
Answer: a) 2013 Prayagraj
32. What does Kumbh Mela celebrate according to mythology?
a) Birth of Ganga b) Victory of Devas in Samudra Manthan
c) Rama’s return to Ayodhya d) Krishna’s childhood
Answer: b) Victory of Devas in Samudra Manthan
33. Which year did Kumbh Mela enter Guinness World Records?
a) 2001 b) 2011 c) 2013 d) 2017
Answer: c) 2013
34. Who governs the rituals during Kumbh Mela?
a) Priests and Akharas b) Politicians c) Local businessmen d) Tourists
Answer: a) Priests and Akharas
35. How many Akharas usually take part in Kumbh processions?
a) 5 b) 9 c) 13 d) 7
Answer: c) 13
