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Simple Questions on Personalities & events in Ancient Indian literature
Q1. Which grandson of the sun, Lord Ram, gives his name to the tribe from which he comes?
Ans- Ikshvaku
Q2. Arjuna’s bow is Gandeev. What’s the name of Lord Vishnu’s bow?
Ans -Sharang
Q3. Lord Rama had three brothers. He had an elder sister too. What was her name?
Ans- Shanta
Q4. Vedic literature is known as “Buddhimatam Varshitam” (clever among them
Wise)?
Ans- Hanuman
Q5. Adi-kavi Valmiki wrote the ‘Ramayana’. Who wrote ‘Ram-charit-manas’?
Ans- Tulsidas
Q6. The ‘Bhagavad Gita’ has 700 verses. How many does the ‘Mahabharata’ have?
Ans- One lakh
Q7. The Mahabharata, the son of King Dhritarashtra, survived the war. who?
Ans- Yuyutsu
Q8. Who blocked the entry of the Chakravyuha after Abhimanyu entered ?
Ans- Jayadrath
Q9. Krishna wed a Vaanara girl Jambhvati. Bhima
married a Rakshashi. Who?
Hidimba
Q10. Bhima killed Duryodhana & his brothers.
Arjuna killed Karna. Who killed Shakuni?
Sehdev
Q11. What is the name of Lord Shiva’s bow?
Pinaka
Q12. Which daughter of Lord Shiva Daksha Prajapati was married to?
. Sati,
Q13. On Sati’s death, Veerbhadra cut off Daksha’s
head. With which animal’s head was Daksha revived?
Goat
Q14. The symbolic form of Shiva is the Shivalingam.
What is his dancing form known as?
Nataraj
Q15. What was the name of the three revolving
cities that Shiva destroyed with one arrow?
Tripura
Q16. Which trio of Shiva did the gods send to marry Goddess Parvati to break up?
. Kama, Rati, Vasant
Q17. What is the name of lord Shiva’s three sons?
Kartikeya, Ganesh, Ayyappa
Q18. One sage could not attend Shiva-Parvati
marriage as the world began tilting. Who?
Agastya
Q19. Where does Lord Shiva stay?
Mount
Kailash
Q20. Who is the animal mount of Lord Shiva?
Nandi bull
Q21. Which kanda features the Bhagavad Gita in the Mahabharata?
Sixth
Q22. Who spoke the first verse in the Bhagavad
Gita?
King Dhritrashtra of
Hastinapur
Q23. Who spoke last verse in the Bhagavad Gita?
Sanjay
Q24. What is the number of verses of bhagavad gita?
Seven hundred
Q25. How many chapters does the Bhagavad Gita
have?
Eighteen
Q26. What stands at the spot today where the
Bhagavad Gita was spoken?
A banyan tree next to a pond called Jyotisar
Q27. Whom did Krishna tell the science of yoga to in
the beginning of the era?
Surya,
the sun-god
Q28. In His universal form, what does Lord Krishna
say He is?
Time
Q29. Which king was blessed with duty by deeds?
King Janak
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