{"id":66279,"date":"2024-04-20T09:53:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=66279"},"modified":"2024-04-20T09:53:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:53:03","slug":"chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Chhath Puja is a major festival in Bihar dedicated to:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Sun God&#8221; option2=&#8221;Lord Shiva&#8221; option3=&#8221;Goddess Durga&#8221; option4=&#8221;Lord Krishna&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is: a) The Sun God.<\/p>\n<p>Chhath Puja is a major Hindu festival celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and eastern Uttarakhand. It is a four-day festival dedicated to the Sun God, Surya. The festival is observed in the month of Kartik (November\u00e2\u0080\u0093December) according to the Hindu calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The first day of Chhath Puja is called Nahay Khay. On this day, people take a holy bath in the river and then eat a special meal. The second day is called Kharna. On this day, people fast and offer prayers to the Sun God. The third day is called Sandhya Arghya. On this day, people offer prayers to the Sun God at sunrise and sunset. The fourth and final day is called Usha Arghya. On this day, people offer prayers to the Sun God at sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>Chhath Puja is a very important festival for Hindus. It is a time to thank the Sun God for his blessings. The festival is also a time to pray for the well-being of family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a brief description of each option:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Option a: The Sun God is the main deity of Chhath Puja. He is worshipped for his life-giving powers.<\/li>\n<li>Option b: Lord Shiva is the god of destruction and regeneration. He is not worshipped on Chhath Puja.<\/li>\n<li>Option c: Goddess Durga is the goddess of power and protection. She is not worshipped on Chhath Puja.<\/li>\n<li>Option d: Lord Krishna is the god of love and compassion. He is not worshipped on Chhath Puja.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Sun God&#8221; option2=&#8221;Lord Shiva&#8221; option3=&#8221;Goddess Durga&#8221; option4=&#8221;Lord Krishna&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bihar-state-gk-mcq","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chhath Puja is a major festival in Bihar dedicated to:<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chhath Puja is a major festival in Bihar dedicated to:\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Sun God&#8221; option2=&#8221;Lord Shiva&#8221; option3=&#8221;Goddess Durga&#8221; option4=&#8221;Lord Krishna&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-20T09:53:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chhath Puja is a major festival in Bihar dedicated to:","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chhath Puja is a major festival in Bihar dedicated to:","og_description":"[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Sun God&#8221; option2=&#8221;Lord Shiva&#8221; option3=&#8221;Goddess Durga&#8221; option4=&#8221;Lord Krishna&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2024-04-20T09:53:03+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/","name":"Chhath Puja is a major festival in Bihar dedicated to:","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-04-20T09:53:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-20T09:53:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/chhath-puja-is-a-major-festival-in-bihar-dedicated-to\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bihar state GK MCQ","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/bihar-state-gk-mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Chhath Puja is a major festival in Bihar dedicated to:"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}