VEDA Quiz

 

This quiz is based on Vedic scriptural and practical knowledge, especially summarized  by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 

1. Persons
1. Purana with a main focus on Krsna is:
a. Bhagavata
b. Linga
c. Kalika
2. Among Visnu's dasa avataras does not belong:
a. Kartikeya
b. Nrsimha
c. Buddha
3. Siva (Rudra) gets his power from:
a. nobody, himself is the source of all power
b. Devi
c. Visnu
4. Brahma is:
a. an original creator of this universe
b. a secondary creator of this universe
c. not related to creation at all
5. Surya is worshiped by:
a. Gaura Gayatri
b. Kama Gayatri
c. Brahma Gayatri
6. Devi is a sakti of:
a. Siva
b. Visnu
c. Brahma
7. Hanuman, Bhima and Madhvacarya are related to:
a. Indra
b. Vayu
c. Agni
8. Yamadutas are:
a. demons
b. ghosts
c. karmic police
2. Holy places
9. Puskara is the holy place of:
a. Brahma
b. Visnu
c. Siva
10. All the main holy places in Prayaga are situated on Ganga's:
a. west shore
b. east shore
c. both shores
11. Sri Rama ruled over:
a. Dvaraka
b. Ayodhya
c. Delhi
12. In ocean off Gujarat coast was built:
a. Dvaraka
b. Hastinapura
c. Indraprastha
13. Battlefield of Kuruksetra is:
a. located south from Delhi
b. located north from Delhi
c. an imaginary representation of human body
14. Sri Krsna's birth place in Mathura is called:
a. Visram ghat
b. Kamsa tila
c. Janmasthan
15. Vrindavan's oldest Gosvami temple is:
a. Madana-mohana
b. Govinda
c. Gopinatha
16. Radhakund is close to:
a. Vrindavan
b. Govardhan
c. Gokula
3. Time periods
17. Shortest Vedic time unit is called:
a. truti
b. nimesa
c. ksana
18. Life of Brahma lasts:
a. 111x10E12 years
b. 211x10E12 years
c. 311x10E12 years
19. River Sarasvati dried up about:
a. 2 000 years ago
b. 3 000 years ago
c. 4 000 years ago
20. Golden age of this Kali-yuga lasts:
a. 1 000 years
b. 10 000 years
c. 100 000 years
21. Real time of Gautama Buddha was:
a. 6th century BC
b. 12th century BC
c. 18th century BC
22. Mathura was a center of culture and learning in:
a. Kushana and Gupta period
b. Chandela period
c. Hoysala period
23. Madhvacarya lived in:
a. 11-12th
b. 12-13th
c. 13-14th century AD
24. Kali-yuga will last another:
a. 427 000 years
b. 127 000 years
c. hardly few years, end is imminent
4. Events
25. Battle of Kuruksetra lasted for:
a. 8 days
b. 18 days
c. 28 days
26. Battle of Kuruksetra survived (except Krsna):
a. 5 warriors
b. 10 warriors
c. 15 warriors
27. Sankaracarya was once saved from death by:
a. Devi
b. Brahma
c. Nrsimhadev
28. Sampradaya of Ramanujacarya was started by:
a. Brahma
b. Siva
c. Laksmi
29. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was born in:
a. 1485
b. 1486
c. 1487 AD
30. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada appeared in:
a. 1895
b. 1896
c. 1897
31. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada took sannyas in 1959 on:
a. Janmastami
b. Visvarupa Mahotsava
c. Govardhana-puja
32. ISKCON was founded in:
a. 1965
b. 1966
c. 1967
5. Rules, etiquette, holy days
33. Eating in Vedic culture is:
a. restricted to left hand
b. restricted to right hand
c. not restricted to any hand
34. Ekadasi is a fast (at least) from:
a. legumes and fruits
b. fruits and grains
c. grains and legumes
35. Rules for 4 varnas and 4 asramas are delineated in:
a. Brahma samhita
b. Manu samhita
c. Sanat Kumara samhita
36. One has to pay obeisances when spotting:
a. a brahmacari
b. a vanaprastha
c. a sannyasi
37. Siva says to Devi in Padma Purana that the best worship of all is the worship of:
a. Siva
b. Visnu
c. Visnu's devotees
38. Sakti stands on Saktiman's:
a. left side
b. right side
c. any side
39. Gaura Purnima celebrates the birth of:
a. Nityananda Prabhu
b. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
c. Vyasadeva
40. During guru puja spiritual master is worshiped as:
a. God
b. representative of God
c. ordinary human being
6. Philosophy
41. Fruitive activities in the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada refer to:
a. picking fruit
b. karma
c. leisure
42. Occupational duties in the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada stands for:
a. dharma
b. job
c. duties of occupation army
43. Pancopasana refers to a worship of:
a. three deities
b. four deities
c. five deities
44. Vivarta-vada was taught by:
a. Sankara
b. Ramanuja
c. Nimbarka
45. Sakti-parinamavada is adhered to by:
a. Vaisnavas
b. Saivas
c. Saktas
46. Highest pramana in Vedanta schools is:
a. pratyaksa
b. sabda
c. anumana
47. Out of 5 tattvas dealt with in Bhagavad-gita is non-eternal:
a. kala
b. jiva
c. karma
48. Govinda bhasya (Gaudiya Vaisnava commentary on Vedanta) was written by:
a. Jiva Gosvami
b. Baladeva Vidyabhusana
c. Visvanatha Cakravarti
7. Terms and activities
49. Negative karma for killing an animal affects:
a. one who eats it
b. who eats, buys/sends for it and prepares it
c. who eats, buys/sends for it, prepares it, sells it and kills the animal.
50. Prana is a subtle energy analogous to:
a. Egyptian "ka"
b. Japanese "ki"
c. Native American "kiva"
51. Dreaming (alfa, 7 - 14 Hz) state is called:
a. jagrata
b. susupti
c. svapna
52. Dhanurveda teaches:
a. music
b. medicine
c. martial arts
53. Japa is:
a. recitation of a mantra on beads
b. worship of murti
c. friendship with the Lord
54. Sankirtana is:
a. solitary worship
b. singing holy names of the Lord
c. study of the Vedas
55. Bhakti is defined in Narada Pancaratra as:
a. sa vai pumsam paro dharmo
yato bhaktir adhoksaje
ahaituky apratihata
yayatma suprasidati
b. bhaktir paresanubhavo viraktir
anyatra caisa trika eka-kalah-
prapadyamanasya yathasnatah syus
tustih pustih ksud-apayo 'nu-ghasam
c. sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam
tat-paratvena nirmalam
hrsikena hrsikesa-
sevanam bhaktir ucyate
56. Bhagavata Purana verse about three aspects of the Lord: "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramatma or Bhagavan:
a. visnos tu trini rupani
purusakhyany atho viduh
ekam tu mahatah srastr
dvitiyam tv anda-samsthitam
trtiyam sarva-bhuta-stham
tani jnatva vimucyate
b. vadanti tat tattva vidas
tattvam yaj jnanam advayam
brahmeti paramatmeti
bhagavan iti sabdyate
c. etad bhagavato rupam
brahmanah paramatmanah
param pradhanam purusam
daivam karma-vicestitam
8. Uncommon facts:
57. Positions of constellations in Surya-siddhanta refer to time:
a. 1500 years ago
b. 15000 years ago
c. 50000 years ago
58. Which prehistoric animals are clearly mentioned in Vedic sastras as still living in Krsna's time (5000 years ago)?
a. dinosaurs
b. mammoths
c. 4-tusked elephants
59. Sun god gave to his son Karna a big diamond which is today known as:
a. Koh-i-noor
b. Cullinan
c. Hope
60. Ancient Greek center of Radha-Krsna worship was:
a. Rhodos
b. Crete
c. Korfu
61. Aside from India and South Asian countries is Vedic culture best preserved in:
a. Japan
b. Mexico
c. Ethiopia
62. The figure on the Holy Shroud of Turin has forehead marks resembling:
a. Sakta tilaka
b. Saiva tilaka
c. Vaisnava tilaka
63. Taj Mahal was built by:
a. Mughal ruler Shahjahan
b. Rajput kings
c. Muhammad Ghori
64. Varuna is an origin of:
a. Loki
b. Quetzalcoatl
c. Santa Claus

Solution to Quiz

_{(My humble salutations to  A C Bhaktivedanta  Swamy Prabhupada ji  for the collection)}