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Quiz on the Ramayan.
A Quiz on the Ramayan (Part - One )
Q.1
Who wrote the Ramayan ?.
Answer
-The great sage Valmiki wrote the Ramayan ?
Q.
2 What language is Ramayan written in?
Answer.
The Ramayan is written in Sanskrit.
Q.
3.How many kandas are there in the Ramayan?
Ans.
There are seven kaands in the Ramayan.
Q.4.
What are the names of the kaands of the Ramayan?
Ans.
The names of the kaands are - Baal Kaand, Ayodhya kaand, Aranya Aryana kaand,
Kishkindha kaand, Sundar Kaand, Yuddha Kaand and Uttar kaand.
Q.
5 In which yuga was the Ramayan written?
Ans-
The Ramayan was written in the Treta Yug.
Q.
6 How many shlokas are there in the Ramayan?
Ans.
There are 24000 (twenty four thousand shlokas) in the Ramayan.
Q.
7 Where was Ram born?
Ans-
Ram was born in Ayodhya.
Q.
8 What were the names of Ram's father and mother ?
Ans.
Ram's father was Dasharth and his mother was Kaushlya.
Q.
9 How many queens did the king Dashrath have?
Ans-
The King Dasharath had three queens.
Q.
10 What were the names of the three queens of king Dasharath?
Ans-
The names of the king Dasharath's queen's were Kaushlya, sumitra and kekai.
Q.
11 How many brothers did Ram have?
Ans-
Ram had four brothers
Q.12
What were the names of Ram’s brothers?
Ans-
The names of Ram’s were Laxman, Bharat and Shatraghna.
Q.
13 What was the name of Bharat's mother?
Ans-
Bharat's mother's name was kekai,
Q.
14 Who was the mother of Laxman and Shatrughan ?
Ans.
Their mother was sumitra.
Q.
15. Which sage took Ram and Laxman to fight with demons?
Ans
.- The sage Vishwamitra took them to fight with the demons.
Q.16
Which demons did Ram kill When he was with the sage Vishvamitra ?
Ans-
He killed Tadka and Subahoo.
Q.17.
After killing Tadaka and Subahu, where did Vishwamitra take Ram and
Laxman?
Ans.
He took them to Mithila.
18.
Who was the king of Mithila?
Ans-
Janak was the king of Mithila.
Q.19.
Where did the king Janak find sita?
Ans.
He found sita while he was ploughing a site.
Q.20.
What was the name of the bow which Lord Ram broke?
Ans.
The name of the bow was Pinaak.
Q.21.
Whom did king Dashrath want to make the king of Ayodhya?
Ans.
He wanted to make Ram the king of Ayodhya?
Q.22.
How did Kekai react to the news of Ram's making the crown prince?
Ans.
- She happily accepted the news.
Q.23.
Why did Kekai change her mind ?
Ans.-
On the advice of Manthra, Kekai changed her mind.
Q.24.
Who was Manthara ?
Ans.
- She was the maid of Kekai.
Q.25
What did Manthra want Kekai to do?
Ans.-
Manthra wanted Kekai to ask Dasarath to make Bharat the Crown prince.
Q.
26 Why did Dasharath grant two boons to Kekai ?
Ans.
- Dasharath granted two boons to Kekai because she had saved his life
during the war in the past.
Q.
27. What were the two boons?
Ans,
- The two boons were to send Ram to the forest for fourteen years and to make
Bharat the crown prince.
Q.28.
Who went to the forest with Ram?
Ans.
- Sita and Laxman went to the forest with Ram.
Q.29.
Where did Ram, Laxman and sita meet the sage Bhardwaj?
Ans.
- They met him at Prayag.
Q.
30. Who advised Ram to stay at Chitrakoot?
Ans.-
The sage Bhardwaj advised Ram to Stay on the Chitrakoot mountain.
Q.
31, Where did Ram, Laxman and sita go from Chitrakoor?
Ans.
- They went to Panchvati.
Q.
32. Who was Surpanakha ?
Ans.-
She was the sister of Ravan.
Q.33
Who cut the nose of Surpanakha?
Ans.-
Laxman cut off the nose of Surpanakha.
34.
Who took the form of a beautiful golden deer ?
Ans-
Marich took the form of a beautiful golden deer.
35-
Who kidnapped Sita?
Ans.-
Ravan, the king of Lanka, Kidnapped sita.
Q.
36. Who tried to save Sita from Ravan?
Ans.-
Jatayu, the king of eagles, tried to save Sita
Q.37.
Who advised Ram to go to Sugriva to get help?
Ans.
- A Demon, named Kabandha, advised Ram to get Sugriva’s help.
Q.38.
Who helped Ram to search for Sita?
Ans
- Sugriva and his army helped him.
Q.
39. Who went to Lanka to find sita?
Ans.
The monkey God Hanuman went to Lanka to find Sita.
Q. 40
What did Ram do to get back Sita from Ravan.
Ans.
Ram attacked Lanka, killed Ravan and got back sita.
A Quiz on the Ramayan (Part –Two)
Q.1.Who narrated the story of the
Ramayan to Valmiki?
Ans. Sage Narad narrated the story
of the Ramayan to Valmiki.
Q.2. In which Yug was the Ramayan
written?
Ans. It was written in the Treta
Yug.
Q.3.Which Yagya was performed by
King Dashrath to have sons?
Ans. Putra Kaameshti Yagya was performed to have
sons.
Q.4. Who was the mother of Laxman?
Ans. Sumitra was the mother of
Lakshman.
Q.5. Who was the mother of Shatrughna?
Ans. Sumitra was the mother of
Shatrughna.
Q.6. Which sage took Ram and
Laxman to protect Yagya from demons?
Ans. The sage Vishvamitra took Ram
and Laxman to protect Yagya.
Q.7. Who was Taadaka?
Ans. Taadka was a demoness.
Q.8. What were the names of the
sons of Taadka?
Ans. Their names were Subahu and
Mareech.
Q.9 When did Ram kill Subahu?
Ans. He killed him while he was
protecting the Yagya performed by the sage Vishvamitra.
Q.10 Which woman did Ram free from
the curse in the forest?
Ans. Ram freed Ahalya from the
curse.
Q. 11 Who was Ahalya?
Ans. She was the wife of the sage
Gautam.
Q.12 Who was the other daughter of
king Janak besides Sita?
Ans. The other daughter was
Urmila.
Q.13 What was the original name of
the king Janak?
Ans. His original name was
Seeradhwaj.
Q.14 What were the names of the
daughters of Janak's brother Kushadwaj?
Ans. Their names were Mandvi and
ShrutaKirti.
Q.15 Who was married to Bharat?
Ans. Mandvi was married to Bharat.
Q.16 What was the name of
Shatrughan's wife?
Ans. Her name was ShrutKirti.
Q.17 Who was Laxman's wife?
Ans. Urmila was Lakshman's wife.
Q.18 Where did Ram and others rest
on the first day of their exile?
Q.19 They rested on the bank of
the Tamasa river.
Q.20 Who was Nishaadraaj?
Ans. He was the king of Shringverpur.
Q.21 What did Bharat do during
Shri Ram’s exile?
Ans. He refused to accept the
throne of Ayodhya. He put Ram’s Paduka on the throne.
Q.22 Where did Ram stay for the
longest time during his exile?
Ans. He stayed in Chitrakoot for
the longest time.
Q. 23. Who advised Ram to reside
in Panchvati?
Ans. Rishi Agastya advised Ram to
reside in Panchvati.
Q.24 Who was Anusuya?
Ans. She was Rishi Atrij's wife.
Q.25 What did Anusuya give to
Sita?
Ans. She gave her a Saree.
Q.26 What was special about the
Saree that was given to Sita by Anusuya?
Ans. It was a Divine Saree. It
never got dirty.
Q.27 In which forest did Ram go
after Chitrakoot?
Ans. He went to the Dandkarany
forest?
Q.28 Where is Panchvati situated?
Ans. Panchvati is situated on the
bank of the Godavari river.
Q.29 Which demon used to control
the Panchvati area?
Ans. A demon named Khar used to
control the Panchvati area.
Q.30 Where did Sabari stay to wait
for Shree Ram?
Ans. She stayed in the Ashram of
the Rishi Matang.
Q.31 Where did Shri Ram and Sabri
meet?
Ans. They met near Pampa Sarovar.
Q.32 What was the name of the
father of Sugriv and Bali?
Ans. Their father was Rikshraj.
Q.33 Which Kingdom did Bali rule?
Ans. Bali ruled the Kingdom of
Kishkindha.
Q.34 Who advised Shri Ram to
befriend Sugriva.
Ans. The demon Kambandh advised
Shree Ram to befriend Sugriva.
Q. 35 In which direction did
Hanuman Ji and Jamvant ji go in search of Sita?
Ans. They went south in search of
Seeta.
Q. 36 Who reminded Hanuman Ji of
his strength at the time of crossing the ocean?
Ans. Jamvant Ji reminded Hanuman
Ji of his strength.
Q. 37 Whom did Hanuman Ji meet
first after reaching Lanka?
Ans. He met Lankini.
Q. 38 Where was Sita kept in Lanka
by Ravan?
Ans. She was kept in Ashok Vatika.
Q.39 Who killed Indrajeet?
Ans. Lakshman ji killed Indrajeet
(Meghnad).
Q. 40 Which two women of Lanka are
revered as Sati?
Ans. Mandodari and Sulochana are
revered as Sati.
