Correct answer: (b) 1 and 2
Explanation
- A
1 only
(a) 1 only. Chapchar Kut is correctly Mizoram, but Khongjom Parba is also correctly Manipur. Dropping pair 2 makes the code incomplete, so this is not the key.
- B
1 and 2
(b) 1 and 2. (b) Official key: Chapchar Kut is a Mizo spring festival after jhum clearing. Khongjom Parba is a Manipuri ballad of the 1891 Khongjom war. Thang-Ta is Manipur’s armed martial tradition, not Sikkim’s, so pair 3 is wrong. Pairs 1 and 2 only are correct.
- C
3 only
(c) 3 only. Thang-Ta is not a Sikkimese dance. This letter is not the key.
- D
2 and 3
(d) 2 and 3. Pair 2 is right; pair 3 is not. This is not the key.
Summary. Official key is (b) 1 and 2. Chapchar Kut belongs to Mizoram and Khongjom Parba to Manipur. Thang-Ta is Manipuri martial art, wrongly paired with Sikkim. Honour the stored letter (b).
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