Thursday 21 June 2012

Hinduism Quiz - Part 2


Hinduism Quiz - Part 2


1) Who is the female half of Brahma?

1) Kartikeya
2) Saranyu
3) Satrap
4) Purusha

2) Lord Dattatreya is confluence of Bramha, Vishnu and who else?

1) Indra
2) Maheshwara
3) Ganesha
4) Sai Baba

3) Vishnu is a dwarf in which of his avatars?

1) Vashishta
2) Varaha
3) Vamana
4) Kurma

4) According to Ramayana who was Lakshmana's mother?

1) Sumitra
2) Kaikeyi
3) Kausalya
4) Panchali

5) Whom did Bhima kill when the Pandavas escape from the House of Lac?

1) Hidimb
2) Keechaka
3) Bakasura
4) Jarasandha



6) What is the vehicle of Lord Kamadeva?

1) Parrot
2) Owl
3) Elephant
4) Swan

7) Who is the king of wealth?

1) Agni
2) Vayu
3) Indra
4) Kubera

8) Which river did Lopamudra become?

1) Godavari
2) Kaveri
3) Narmada
4) Tapti

9) How was Sita related to Janaka?

1) He married her cousin
2) She was his wife
3) She was his foster-daughter
4) He was her cousin

10) What was the name of the woman who tried to become Rama's wife, only to have her ears, nose, and breasts chopped off by Lakshmana?

1) Tara
2) Ahalya
3) Mandodari
4) Kamavalli (Surpanakha)



11) Whose bow did King Janaka make each of Sita's suitors try to string?

1) Vishnu's
2) Janaka's
3) Lakshmana's
4) Shiva's

12) Who took Rama and Lakshmana on a quest at the beginning of 'The Ramayana'?

1) Vali
2) Sumanthra
3) Viswamithra
4) Jatayu

13) What was the name of the King's wife who persuaded him to make Bharatha king?

1) Kooni
2) Kaikeyi
3) Kausalya
4) Sumithra

14) Who did the King originally want to choose to replace him as king?

1) Kooni
2) Lakshmana
3) Rama
4) Bharatha

15) What is the name of Rama's brother who goes with him into exile?

1) Bharatha
2) Dasartha
3) Ravana
4) Lakshmana



16) Sita is the avatar of which spouse of Vishnu?

1) Durga
2) Lakshmi
3) Kali
4) Krishna

17) Rama is the avatar of what Hindu God?

1) Kooni
2) Brahma
3) Vishnu
4) Shiva

18) Around whose life is 'The Ramayana' centered?

1) Ravana
2) Rama
3) Dasaratha
4) Viswamithra

19) Virata was one of the Maharathis in the Pandava army: who was the other?

1) Drishtadyumna
2) Drupada
3) Shikhandi
4) Drishtaketu the King of Chedi

20) Who was the First Commander in Chief of the Kaurava Army?

1) Ashvathama
2) Drona
3) Bheeshma
4) Karna

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