Aranya Kanda

Manthara was

• a demon

• a witch

• a hunchback

Kaikeyi asked Dasaratha for two boons:

• to make Rama king and banish her to the forest

• to make Bharata king and banish her to the forest

• to make Bharata king and banish Rama to the forest

Sita followed her husband to the forest. She was a true

• princess

• goddess

• pativrata

Dasaratha was cursed when he was young because he killed

• a young boy whose parents were blind

• a golden deer

• a young girl called Vedavati

(a)   expressed her desire to marry Rama.

Laksmana took his sword and chopped of the tip of Surpanakha's nose after she angrily advanced towards Sita

• True

• False

Ravana asked _____________ to take the form of a beautiful ______________ _____________ with silver spots and jewelled horns and roam in the vicinity of _______________.

• Maricha, golden deer, Pancavati

• Jatayu, golden swan, Dandaka

Jatayu, an (a)   , tried to coax Ravana to give up his evil action of kidnapping Sita.

On reaching ________________, Ravana took Sita around his palace and exhibited his wealth and power in order to win her. But Sita did not even look at his face.

• Lanka

• Dandaka

• Asokavana

Finally, Ravana kept Sita in ______________, the royal grove, closely guarded by a number of raksasis.

• Asokavana

• Dindivana