Consider the statements about Jhora: 1. It is danced in Kumaon by mixed circles of men and women during spring fairs. 2. The dance is accompanied primarily by the Hurka drum. Which is/are correct?

Correct — C. Jhora is a community folk dance of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, danced by men and women together in a large circle at fairs and festivals, especially in spring. Statement 1 holds.

The songs are led on the hurka, the small hourglass-shaped hand drum of the Uttarakhand hills. Statement 2 holds → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Only 1 correct — Rejecting Statement 2 would need another lead instrument. The hurka is the drum Jhora is danced to, played by the lead singer.
• (b)
  Only 2 correct — Rejecting Statement 1 misses what defines Jhora: a mixed circle of men and women dancing together at Kumaon's spring fairs.
• (d)
  Neither 1 nor 2 correct — Both statements match the standard description of Jhora, a Kumaoni circle dance led on the hurka, so 'neither' has nothing to rest on.

Uttarakhand's hills divide into Kumaon in the east and Garhwal in the west. Jhora belongs to Kumaon.

Its defining features are social: a large mixed circle of men and women, moving to songs that a lead singer keeps in time on the hurka. Kumaon's Chholiya, by contrast, is a sword dance performed in wedding processions.

Key facts

• Jhora is a folk dance of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.
• The hurka (also written hudka) is a small hourglass-shaped drum played by hand in the Uttarakhand hills.
• Chholiya, also from Kumaon, is a sword dance performed in wedding processions.

Common traps

• Placing Jhora in Garhwal, or in Himachal Pradesh, because hill dances blur together. It is Kumaoni.
• Rejecting Statement 2 for the word 'primarily'. The hurka is the instrument Jhora is danced to, so the qualifier does not make it false.

No directly related past PYQ was found.