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Gitanushilanam Quiz 2022

Age Group 11-14 yrs

 His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
Founder Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
 Round One

Multiple Choice Questions

 Rules for MCQ Round
1. Each question carries 10 marks .
2. Negative five will be awarded for wrong answer.
3. Passing of question is allowed.
4. 10 marks will be awarded for answering a passed
question.
5. Negative five will be awarded for wrong answer of a
passed question.
6. Zero marks will be given for passing a question.
7. Once the question is answered by any team whether right
or wrong, the question will not be passed any further.
 Multiple Choice
Beautiful form of Putana is compared to

a) Goddess of fortune
b) Lotus flower
c) Sword within a decorated case
d) Damsel of heaven
 Multiple Choice
Krishna treated Putana as

a) Demon
b) Mother
c) Untouchable
d) Servant
 Multiple Choice
Krishna killed which demon by increasing His
weight.

a) Aghasura
b) Trinavarta
c) Vritrasura
d) Arishtasura
 Multiple Choice
Only Sacrifice recommended in the age of Kali
is

a) Animal Sacrifice
b) Fire Sacrifice
c) Reading of Vedic scriptures
d) Chanting the Holy Names of Krishna
 Multiple Choice
Residents of Vrindavan performed purificatory
processes for the protection of Krishna by

a) Smearing Sandalwood pulp and turmeric on

His body
b) Smearing cowdung and cow urine on His body
c) Chanting the Holy names of Lord Narayan
d) Both (b) and (c)
 Multiple Choice(Audience)
What do you understand by the statement that
‘God worship is not anthropomorphic’?

a) Anyone can become God by austerity and

meditation
b) No one can become God by austerity and
meditation
c) God is always God
d) Both (b) and (c)
 Multiple Choice
Bhagavad Gita gives us the Knowledge of

a) Matter
b) Spirit
c) Both
d) None
 Multiple Choice
The whole purpose of Bhagavad-Gita is to

a) Revive our eternal duty

b) Inspire us to do our Karma
c) Teach us how to keep our body fit
d) Teach us management
 Multiple Choice
Why Bhagavad-Gita is very enduring?

a) Because it is written in Sanskrit

b) It is God’s Instruction for humanity
c) Because its written in poetic form
d) Because it is part of Mahabharat
 Multiple Choice
Who among the following does not come
under 12 Mahajanas?

a) Prahalad
b) Janak
c) Yamaraj
d) Vishwamitra
 Multiple Choice
What are the five subject matters of Bhagavad-
gita?

a) Dharma, Artha, Kama, Tyaga, Moksha

b) Ishvara, Jiva, Kala, Prikriti, Karma
c) Earth , Water, Fire, Air, Ether
d) Doer, Inspiration, Place, Time, Supersoul
 Multiple Choice(Audience)
“When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about
how God created this universe everything else
seems so superfluous.” Who said so?

a) Albert Einstein
b) Sir Issac Newton
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Benjamin Franklin
 Round Two

Pictorial Round
 Rules for Pictorial Round
1. Each question carries 20 marks.
2. No negative marking.
3. No passing of questions.
Pictorial round
 Pictorial round
• “One who is able to
withdraw his senses
from the sense objects
as the tortoise draws its
limbs within the shell, is
firmly fixed in perfect
consciousness.”
Pictorial round
 Pictorial round
• This instructive story
could well be our own
when we get very puffed
up of our own limited
knowledge and assume
that there is nothing
beyond matter. However,
our narrow
understanding could
cripple us just like that
exploding frog.
Pictorial round
 Pictorial round
Bhagavad Gita is exactly
like a big reservoir of
water that explains the
essence of all Vedic
literature and indeed
there is no need to
resort to any other
literature in order to
understand the science
of self-realization.
Pictorial round
 Pictorial round

“The most beautiful system of the sun, planets

and comets could only proceed from the
counsel and dominion of an intelligent and
powerful Being.” -- Sir Issac Newton
Pictorial round
 Pictorial round

"If someone gives something to the Lord, he is

not the loser; he is the gainer by a million
times.”
Pictorial round(Audience)
 Pictorial round(Audience)
 samāne vṛkṣe puruṣo nimagn
'nīśayā śocati muhyamānaḥ   
juṣṭaṁ yadā paśyaty anyam īśam asya
mahimānam iti vīta-śokaḥ

'Although the two birds are in the same

tree, the eating bird is fully engrossed
with anxiety and moroseness as the
enjoyer of the fruits of the tree. But if
in some way or other he turns his face
to his friend who is the Lord and knows
His glories—at once the suffering bird
becomes free from all anxieties.'
 Round Three

Higher-Order Thinking(HOT) Round

 Rules for HOT Round
1. Each question carries 20 marks.
2. No negative marking.
3. No passing of questions.
HOT(Higher-Order Thinking) Round

Why Bhagavad-gita is
called a timeless
science?
HOT(Higher-Order Thinking) Round

“We are not proprieter

of anything.” Justify.
HOT(Higher-Order Thinking) Round

"Bhagavad-Gita is not
the science of
particular
community."
Explain.
HOT(Higher-Order Thinking) Round

How can you prove

logically that matter
comes from life and not
the vice-versa?
HOT(Higher-Order Thinking) Round

Your atheist friend argues

that there is no God.
Every this is created by
chance. This Universe is
created by a big bang.
How would you logically
refute his argument?
 HOT(Higher-Order Thinking) Round
(Audience)

Why it is necessary to
accept Lord Krishna as
the Supreme Lord
before we start reading
Bhagawad-Gita ?
 Round Four

Bounce Back Round

 Rules for Bounce Back Round
1. Total 5 questions for each team.
2. Each question carries 10 marks.
3. No negative marking.
4. Participant will get only one chance to answer
each question.
5. You can say ‘pass’ if you don’t know the answer.
6. Questions of one team will not be passed to
another team.
 Bounce Back Round
1. Out of six opulences which opulence is manifested
by Krishna when he speaks Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna?
2. Childhood age from 10th year upto 15th year
called_____.
3. Which fruits Krishna and Balaram played as balls?
4. When Killed by Krishna, Putana fell on the ground
like_________
5. At what age did Krishna dismantled the cart by His
kick?
 Bounce Back Round
1. Which scripture is natural commentary on
Vedant-sutra or Brahma-sutra?
2. Absolute Truth has how many features?
3. Why the dead body of Putana was fragrant
like aguru?
4. The whirlwind demon is known as____
5. One can become God by meditation and
austerity(True/False).
 Bounce Back Round
1. In Bhagawad-Gita a right thinker is compared
to_____.
2. What is the remedy to drive away ghostly
spirits and witches?
3. How the tendency to hear about others can be
positively dovetailed?
4. Which tree was toppled by Little Krishna in His
courtyard?
5. How can one become immortal?
 Bounce Back Round
1. We are (qualitatively/quantitatively) one with the
Supreme Lord.
2. What is the special quality of ‘Khechari’ witches.
3. Whom Lord Krishna declares in Bhagawad-Gita as
‘mudhas’ or fools?
4. The fruit vendor was attracted by which opulence
of the Lord?
5. What is the meaning of the word ‘Onomatopoetic’?
 Bounce Back Round
1. The world is here to help us rediscover our
(humanity/divinity).
2. In the analogy of fire and spark, fire and spark are
compared to _____ and____respectively.
3. The falling of Trinavarta demon from sky is compared
to whom?
4. Who had foretold that Krishna and Balaram would kill
many demons?
5. What was the inquiry in the mind of Maharaj Parikshit
after hearing the pastime of killing of Aghasura?
 Bounce Back Question for Audience

In the age of Kali which is most effective way to

achieve the highest perfection of Life
The Journey Continues………..

Thank You Very Much……..