- a.Texas
- b.New York
- c.California
- d.Boston
Answer: (C) California
Answer as of 2024 — this may have changed since.
California became the third US state to make Diwali an official state holiday when Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 268 in October 2025, effective 1 January 2026; Pennsylvania (2024) and Connecticut (2025) had done so earlier, and neither is among the options. In New York, Diwali is a school holiday in New York City's public schools, not a statewide state holiday; Texas has no such holiday; and Boston is a city (capital of Massachusetts), not a state. The question's word 'Province' is loose usage, since the USA has states. Related current affairs: in December 2025 UNESCO inscribed Deepavali on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.