Hindu Quiz-4

 

Hindu Quiz 4 and Hindu Tamil Quiz 4 are entirely different. If you have proficiency in both the languages ,please try both.

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Test your knowledge in Hinduism. Answers are given at the bottom.

If you score between 15 and 19 you are very good

Between 10 and 15, you are good

Between 5 and 10 refresh you your knowledge in Hinduism

Below five, sorry, are you a Hindu?

 

1)Who built Angkor Wat temple in Kampuchea (Cambodia)?

2)Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission in India?

3)Who is an atheist?

4)Who wrote Ashtadyaye?

5)What was the flag of Arjuna?

6)What are the old names of India

7)What are the rivers that converge at Triveni Sangam?

8)Who is a Parapara Guru?

9)What book did Krishnadeva Raya write on Andal?

10)Name the demon killed by Krishna on the Deepavali/ Diwali day.

11)Find the correct words (of Hindu Gods) from the jumbled words(nine marks):

DNRAI

SHAKNIR

HSGENA

NHVSIU

RTMYAAKAB

KSIAHLM

AARMHB

GANI

UAARNV

ANSWERS: 1) Suryavarman II (1113-1150 CE) 2) Swami Vivekananda , in 1897 3) One who denies the existence of God 4) Panini 5) Hanuman/monkey 6) ? Bharatvarsh,  Jambudwipa 7) Ganga, Jamuna, Saraswati, which is not visible 8) One who has given Sanyas to a person, is his Guru. Guru’s guru is Parama Guru, his Guru is Parameshti Guru, his guru is Parapara Guru (of the person who got Sanyas) 9) Amuktamalyata 10) Narakasura 11)Indra, Krishna, Ganesh, Vishnu, Trayambaka, Lakshmi, Brahma, Agni, Varuna (nine marks for question No.11)

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Hindu Quiz- 2

Test your knowledge in Hinduism. Answers are given at the bottom.

If you score between 16 and 12 you are very good

Between 12 and 10, you are good

Between 5 and 10 refresh you your knowledge in Hinduism

Below five, sorry, are you a Hindu?

Compiled by S Swaminathan

 

1)What is the Vahana of Saraswati Devi?

2)How many chapters are there in the Bhagawad Gita?

3)Who is the author of Brahmasutras?

4)What are the four Vedas?

5)What are the six systems of Hindu Philosophy?

6)Who is the Guru in Kathopanishad?

7)Who is the disciple in Kathopanishad?

8)Where is the Brihadeeswara temple located?

9)Who composed Thiruppavai in Tamil?

10)In which Veda does Sri Rudram occur?

11)What is the Vahana of Shiva?

12)To which Veda does Prasnopanishad belong?

13)Who is the author of the Yoga system of philosophy?

14)What is the birth place of Adi Sankara?

15)Where is the Mahakaleswar Temple located?

16)How many times did Thyagaraja recite Rama’s name and how long did it take?

 

Answers: 1.Swan (annam)2.Eighteen 3. Vyasa  4. Rig,Yajur, Sama, Atharvana 5.Sankya,Nyaya,Yoga, Vaisheshika, Purva Mimamsa and Uttara Mimamsa 6.Yama 7.Nachiketas 8.Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu 9.Andal 10.Yajur Veda 11. Bull (Nandi) 12.Atharva Veda 13.Patanjali 14.Kaladi in Kerala 15.Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh16) 960 million (96 crores) times, it took him 21 years 15 days. (For more quiz, contact swami_48@yahoo.com or swaminathan.santanam@gmail.com )