GITAMRITAM INSTITUTE, QUIZ COMPETITION, OCTOBER, 2022

Name _______________________________ Class___________

1) Badrinath is situated on the bank of river____________

a) Ganga b) Yamuna c)Alaknanda d) Saraswati

2) The Rock cut Temple of Kailashnath is situated at________________

a) Ajanta b) Ellora c) Elephanta d) Mamallapuram

3) Hindu Pilgrimage centre Sabrimala is located in which city of Kerala?

a) Kottayam b) Pathanamthitta c) Kollam d) Alappuzha

4) Where is Tirupati Balaji ( Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple) located?

a) Chittor, Andhra Pradesh b) Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh c) Kolkata, West Bengal d) Cuttack,
Odisha

5) Where is Padmanabhaswamy Temple located?

a) Kedarnath, Uttarakhand b) Mumbai, Maharashtra c) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

d) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

6) "Dharma" means

a) Virtuous path b) Higher Truth c) The right duty of a person d) All of these

7) Which Temple is also known as "Black Pagoda".

a) Martand Temple, Srinagar b) Banke Bihari Temple, Vrindavan c) Jagannatha Temple, Puri

d) Sun Temple, Konark

8) Which of the following contains "Gaytri Mantra"

a) Rig Veda b) Yajur Veda c) Upanishada d) Aranyaka

9) The Mahabalipuram Temples were built by the king of which dynasty?

a) Gupta b) Chola c) Pallava d) Kushana

10) Where is Kamakhya Temple located?

a) Ujjain, M.P b) Guwahati, Assam c) Mumbai, Maharashtra d) Chhatarpur, M.P

11) Whom did Krishna fight in the forest while searching for Syamantaka jewel?

a) Jambavan b) Jamvant c) Banasur d) Aristasur

12) The name of Yudhishtra maharaja's conch (shankh) is___________

a) Ananta Vijaya b) Devadatta c) Panchajanaya d) Paundra

13) According to Mahabharata, who was born to kill Dronacharya?

a) Shikandhi b) Drishtadyumna c) Drupad d) Virat

14) Who gave his Chariot (Ratha) to Arjuna?

a) Agni b) Vayu c) Indra d) Krishna

15) Who was the mother of Lakshamana according to Ramayana?

a) Kaushalaya b) Keykai c) Sumitra d) Shakuntala

16) Who was Vikarna in Mahabharata

a) brother of Karana b) Yadava king c) Parshurama's disciple d) brother of Duryodhana

17) Who gave boon to Kunti Mata for having a son from demogods?

a) Shantanu b) Martanda Rishi c) Durvasa Rishi d) Agastaya Rishi

18) Who wrote Raja Tarangini?

a) Ved Vyasa b) Valmiki c) Kalhana d) Kashyapa rishi

19) Who was martial teacher of Bhishma?

a) Adiratha b) Parshurama c) Datta treya d) Kripacharaya

20) Who was mother Sita in her previous birth according to Ramayana?

a) Ravana's daughter b) Shakuntala c) Prithvi Maa d) VedaVati

21) What does Krishna's name Hrishikesh means?

a) master of the mind b) master of the senses c)controller of mind d) master of the universe

22) Who was Daksha's daughter?

a) Sita b) Aditi c) Sati d) Parvati

23) Who is Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu?

a) Lord Krishna b) One with Radha Bhava c) Both a & b d) Only a

24) Who wrote Gita Mahatamaya?

a) Ved Vyasa b) Shankracharaya c) Madhavacharaya d) Ramanujacharaya

25) Who was the father of Radharani?

a) Vrishabhanu b) Vrishaketu c) Brahadbhanu d) Janaka

26) What was the name of Parshurama ji's father?

a) Virochan b) Jamadagni c) Agastya d) Parshava

27) What is the name of Lord Ramachandra's sister?

a) Shanta b) Subhadra c) Shanti d) Aditi

28) What does 'Hanumana' name means?

a) Broken Jaw b) a monkey c) a vanara d) Vayu's son

29) What does the Havana kunda represents?

a) Agni's mouth b) Vishnu's mouth c) Devataa's mouth d) Brahamana's mouth

30) Who was Lord Ramachandra's kulguru?

a) Agastya rishi b) Vishwamitra c) Vashishta rishi d) Arya Sumanta

31) Ved Vyasa ji's father's name was

a) Vyas tirtha b) Parashara muni c) Shantanu d) Ved anga

32) Who wrote Mahabharata?

a)Ved Vyasa b) Valmiki muni c) Shiv ji d) Ganesha

33) The name of Arjuna's bow is

a) Sughosh b) Dev Dutta c) Gandiva d) Pancha janaya

34) According to Bhagavad Gita, what does "kapidvaja" represents

a) Yadava's flag b) Krishna's flag c) Hanumana's flag d) Arjuna's chariot

35) Who was the father of Drishtadyumna?

a) Virat b) Drupad c) Koshal d) Drishtaketu

36) How many shlokas are there in Mahabharata?

a) 1 lakh b) 18,000 c) 25,000 d) 1 crore

37) Chapters from 7-12 of Bhagavad Gita represents

a) Dyana Yoga b) Karma Yoga c) Bhakti Yoga d) Gyana Yoga

38) In Mahabharata , who was Dev vrata?

a) Bheema b) Bhishma c) Karna d) Shantanu

39) According to Bhagavad Gita, the size of soul is

a) tip of nose b) 10,000ths part of tip of hair c) size of thumb d) microscopic

40) Who spoke srimad Bhagavatam?

a) Parashar muni b) Shukdev Goswami c) Ved Vyasa d) Narada muni

41) Who is Shukdev Goswami in Goloka Vrindavana?

a) Radharani's parrot b) Krishna's flute c) Radharani's cow d) Krishna's cow

42) How many types of devotional service ( bhakti ) are there

a)8 b)9 c)10 d)7

43) Which is Krishna,s favourite month?

a) Kartik b) Shravana c) Asada d) Phalguna

44) How to please Lord Damodara?

a) offering a flute b) offering a lamp c) offering milk d) offering butter

45) -------------------- is the first of nine processes of devotional services.

a) Kirtanam b) Shravanam c) Archanam d) Vandanam

46) In Maha Mantra , the word Hare represents

a) Krishna b) Rukmini c) Radharani d) Balrama

47) How many cows did Lord Krishna had in His Goshala?

a) 4 b) 8 c) 9 lakh d) 16 lakh

48) Krishna is -----------------------------

a) Avtaar of Vishnu b) Supreme Lord c) Ananta Shesha d) All of these

49) According to Bhagavad Gita, vayu comes under

a) para prakriti b) apara prakriti c) none of these d) both a & b

50) Who spread the message of Krishna through out the world?

a) Arjuna b) Swami Prabhupada c) Swami Shankracharya d) Swami Narayana