- The word “Kinner” is believed to have originated from two Sanskrit words, “Kim + Nara,” meaning:
A) People of the mountains
B) What kind of strange persons are they?
C) Horse-faced people
D) Dwellers of the inner Himalayas
Answer: B) What kind of strange persons are they? - According to legend, who was the earliest king of the Kinners?
A) Raja Vir Bhadra Singh
B) Banasur
C) Pradumna, son of Lord Krishna
D) Mahasur
Answer: C) Pradumna, son of Lord Krishna - In which district of Himachal Pradesh is the Kinner population presently confined?
A) Lahaul-Spiti
B) Chamba
C) Kinnaur district
D) Kullu
Answer: C) Kinnaur district - The Kinnauri dialect, spoken by the Kinnauras, belongs to which language family?
A) Indo-Aryan
B) Dravidian
C) Tibeto-Burman family of languages
D) Austro-Asiatic
Answer: C) Tibeto-Burman family of languages - What is the term used by Tibetans to refer to Kinnaur?
A) Kurpa
B) Maon
C) Khunu
D) Kinner Desh
Answer: C) Khunu - Which of these is the dominant social group among the Kinnauras, also known as Kanet or Khasia?
A) Koli
B) Lohar
C) Rajputs
D) Badhi
Answer: C) Rajputs - The Khasias or Rajputs in Kinnaur have three status groups (Khels). Which of the following is NOT one of them?
A) Orang
B) Morang (Maorang)
C) Waza
D) Chamang
Answer: D) Chamang (Chamang is a subcategory of Beru) - What is the most common and widely practiced form of arranged marriage among the Kinnauras?
A) Damchalshish
B) Darosh
C) Janekang or Janetang
D) Har
Answer: C) Janekang or Janetang - In the Janekang marriage, who usually plays the role of the middlemen (‘majomi’)?
A) Village elders
B) The boy’s father
C) Maternal uncles
D) Lamas
Answer: C) Maternal uncles - Which form of Kinnaura marriage is known as love marriage, often starting with an elopement?
A) Janekang
B) Darosh
C) Damchalshish or benang hacchis
D) Nyotang Merang
Answer: C) Damchalshish or benang hacchis - ‘Darosh’ or ‘Dubur’ is a Kinnaura marriage custom best described as:
A) Marriage by exchange
B) Marriage by service
C) Marriage by forceful or consented capture
D) Widow remarriage
Answer: C) Marriage by forceful or consented capture - What is the symbolic act that finalizes a divorce (shingtickashimig or thagchocha) among Kinnauras?
A) A community feast
B) The breaking of a twig by the couple
C) Returning of dowry
D) A declaration before the village deity
Answer: B) The breaking of a twig by the couple - What is the Kinnaura inheritance rule where the eldest brother (jathong) receives a larger or better portion of agricultural land?
A) Pagyund
B) Chundaband
C) Jathong
D) Hibba
Answer: C) Jathong - What is the term for the ancestral house often inherited by the youngest brother (kanchhong) among Kinnauras?
A) Tonglong
B) Kanchhong
C) Majomi
D) Ghori
Answer: B) Kanchhong - The religious landscape of Kinnaur is a blend of Hinduism and which other major religion?
A) Jainism
B) Sikhism
C) Mahayanaist Buddhism
D) Islam
Answer: C) Mahayanaist Buddhism - What is the term for the family deity in each Kinnaura household?
A) Ghori
B) Junshu
C) Khunt devta
D) Maheshwar
Answer: B) Junshu - Which of these is a famous festival of flowers celebrated by the Kinnauras?
A) Losar
B) Deewal
C) Ukhyang (Phulaich)
D) Sango
Answer: C) Ukhyang (Phulaich) - What is the traditional Himachali cap commonly worn by both Kinnaura men and women called?
A) Chhuba
B) Dhori
C) Thepang
D) Murki
Answer: C) Thepang - What is the traditional long woolen cloak worn by Kinnaura men, especially in winter?
A) Chamru kurti
B) Chamu Sutan
C) Chhuba
D) Gacchang
Answer: C) Chhuba - What is the woolen sari-like garment draped around the body and fastened with a girdle, traditionally worn by Kinnaura women?
A) Choli
B) Chhanli
C) Dhori
D) Suluka
Answer: C) Dhori - What is the turban-tying ceremony symbolizing polyandrous marriages among Kinnauras known as?
A) Senning Kunnu
B) Dolangchin
C) U-pagey ceremony
D) Shudhi ceremony
Answer: C) U-pagey ceremony - Which of these is NOT listed as a major deity worshipped by the Kinnauras?
A) Maheshwar
B) Chandika
C) Badnarayan
D) Kelang
Answer: D) Kelang (Kelang is primarily associated with the Gaddi tribe) - What is the traditional council of the Kinnauras, headed by a ‘Mukhiya’, known as?
A) Biradari
B) Shuzam Chungi
C) Char-bhai
D) Sehna
Answer: C) Char-bhai - Historically, with which region did the Kinnauras have significant trade links, exchanging items like pashmina wool and salt?
A) Nepal
B) Kashmir
C) Tibet
D) Garhwal
Answer: C) Tibet - What is the term for the last wish of a dying Kinnaura person, which is usually honored?
A) Hibba
B) Tonglong
C) Barni
D) Grokch
Answer: B) Tonglong