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
