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Correct Answer: Option (A) — 1 only
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedPair 1 is correctly matched: Chaliha Sahib is a 40-day fasting and thanksgiving festival celebrated by the Sindhi community in devotion to Jhulelal.
Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra is a major 12-year pilgrimage in Uttarakhand associated with the Garhwali and Kumaoni communities, not the Gonds.
Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: The Wari-Warkari tradition involves an annual pilgrimage to the Vithoba temple at Pandharpur in Maharashtra, practiced by the Warkari panth, not the Santhal tribe.
Warkari is a celebrated Marathi bhakti tradition centered on Lord Vitthal (Pandharpur). Linking it to Santhals is clearly false, eliminating (b) and (c).
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