Cloze Test – Test 46

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Holi is a Hindu spring festival in India and Nepal, also known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love". The festival (21) the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and (22) broken relationships, and is also celebrated as a (23) for a good harvest. It lasts for two days starting on the Purnima (Full Moon day) falling in the Bikram Sambat Hindu Calendar month of Falgun, which falls somewhere between the end of February and the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The first day is known as Holika Dahan (हॊलिका दहन) or Chhoti Holi and the second as Rangwali Holi, Dhuleti, Dhulandi or Dhulivandan. Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia. It is celebrated at the (24) of the spring equinox, on the Phalguna Purnima (Full Moon). The festival date, which is (25) by the Hindu calendar, varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar, typically coming in March, sometimes in February.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Holi is a Hindu spring festival in India and Nepal, also known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love". The festival (21) the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and (22) broken relationships, and is also celebrated as a (23) for a good harvest. It lasts for two days starting on the Purnima (Full Moon day) falling in the Bikram Sambat Hindu Calendar month of Falgun, which falls somewhere between the end of February and the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The first day is known as Holika Dahan (हॊलिका दहन) or Chhoti Holi and the second as Rangwali Holi, Dhuleti, Dhulandi or Dhulivandan. Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia. It is celebrated at the (24) of the spring equinox, on the Phalguna Purnima (Full Moon). The festival date, which is (25) by the Hindu calendar, varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar, typically coming in March, sometimes in February.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Holi is a Hindu spring festival in India and Nepal, also known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love". The festival (21) the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and (22) broken relationships, and is also celebrated as a (23) for a good harvest. It lasts for two days starting on the Purnima (Full Moon day) falling in the Bikram Sambat Hindu Calendar month of Falgun, which falls somewhere between the end of February and the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The first day is known as Holika Dahan (हॊलिका दहन) or Chhoti Holi and the second as Rangwali Holi, Dhuleti, Dhulandi or Dhulivandan. Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia. It is celebrated at the (24) of the spring equinox, on the Phalguna Purnima (Full Moon). The festival date, which is (25) by the Hindu calendar, varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar, typically coming in March, sometimes in February.