UPSC Prelims 2018 · Question 22 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2018 question on Chapchar Kut Khongjom Parba Thang Ta
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2018
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectArt and Culture
- TopicIndian Culture
- DifficultyHard
- TypeMatch
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?
Show answer
Answer: B. 1 and 2
Analysis
Pairs 1 and 2 are correct, so the answer is (b) 1 and 2.
Statement by statement
Pair 1 is CORRECT. Chapchar Kut is the biggest festival of the Mizos, a spring festival celebrated in March after the completion of jhum operations, so the Mizoram link holds.
Pair 2 is CORRECT. Khongjom Parba is a style of ballad singing from Manipur using the dholak, depicting the heroic battle fought by Manipuris against the British in 1891, and it was once a powerful vehicle of patriotic feeling.
Pair 3 is INCORRECT. Thang-Ta belongs to Manipur, not Sikkim. It evolved from martial arts drills promoted by the kings of Manipur and sits alongside Ras and Sankirtana among Manipur's best known forms.
Source
Manipur Times report on Khongjom Parba; NIOS tourism course material.
How to crack it
With three pairs and options offering 1 only, 1 and 2, 3 only, and 2 and 3, settling any single pair with confidence removes half the grid. Thang-Ta is the most widely known of the three and is firmly Manipuri, so declaring pair 3 wrong kills options (c) and (d) at once. In North East culture matching, anchor on the item you know best rather than working through the list in order.