In the guidebook account of the Pushkar fair, what marks the last nig…

In the guidebook account of the Pushkar fair, what marks the last night of the fair?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → Devotees set candles afloat on the holy water

Option (1) Traders close the biggest livestock sales — Incorrect. The account ties the last night to the religious event and its holy water. Livestock sales are not what marks that night.

Option (2) Devotees set candles afloat on the holy water — Correct. The account calls the last night dousing day. Thousands of devotees wash away their sins and set candles afloat on the holy water.

Option (3) Musicians and mystics perform for tourists — Incorrect. Musicians and mystics are part of the colourful crowd that fills Pushkar during the fair. The account does not use them to mark the last night.

Option (4) Camel drivers parade their decorated camels — Incorrect. Camel drivers spruce up their camels at the start, before the long walk to Pushkar. That scene opens the fair.

NCERT (2026-27): “A 4.3 …
“Come the month of Kartika …, Thar camel drivers spruce up their ships of the desert and start the long walk to Pushkar in time for Kartik Purnima … Each year around 200,000 people converge here, bringing with them some 50,000 camels and cattle. The place becomes an extraordinary swirl of colour, sound and movement, thronged with musicians, mystics, tourists, traders, animals and devotees. It’s a camel-grooming nirvana, with an incredible array of cornrows, anklets, embroidery and pom poms.””

““The religious event builds in tandem with the Camel Fair in a wild, magical crescendo of incense, chanting and processions to dousing day, the last night of the fair, when thousands of devotees wash away their sins and set candles afloat on the holy water.””