Test Your SQ

What is your true identity according to the Bhagavad Gita?

• I'm the body with a soul

• I'm the body with a mind

• I'm the soul with a body

• I'm the soul with a mind

• I'm the mind with a soul

Is everything already destined? Do we have free will?

• yes, everything; no

• yes, partially; no

• no; yes

• yes, everything; yes

• yes, partially; yes

Why do bad things happen to good people?

• Due to the law of karma

• Depends on one's luck

• Because good people also would have done some bad thing in the past

• It appears bad now but later we realise that it was good

True/False: God is a person?

• True, and he is the supreme person

• False, God is divine energy

• False, God is impersonal light

• True, and moksha we all ultimately become God

How many shlokas are there in the Bhagavad Gita?

• 108

• 450

• 700

• 18000

Who spoke the Bhagavad Gita and to whom?

• Bhagavan Shri Krishna to Arjuna

• Sanjay to Dhritarashtra

• Bhagavan Shri Krishna to Dhritarashtra

• Bhishma to Arjuna

Who wrote the Bhagavad Gita and when?

• Ganesh dictated and Vyasadeva wrote; 5000 years ago

• Ganesh dictated and Vyasadeva wrote; 0 BC

• Vyasadeva dictated and Ganesh wrote; 0 BC

• Vyasadeva dictated and Ganesh wrote; 5000 years ago

Shankaracharya said: eko devo devaki-putra eva What does it mean?

• Let there be one God, i.e. Devaki putra Krishna.

• Devaki putra Krishna is just one of many Gods.

• Krishna is God and Shiva is the supreme God.

• None of the above

Why mantra meditation (e.g. Hare Krishna maha mantra) is so much stressed again and again in the Vedas?

• In Kaliyuga, people are disturbed and distracted, so they need an easy and effective process, which is the chanting of Hare Krishna.

• It's a challenge to control the mind, but it becomes very easy when one tries mantra meditation.

• For the modern world, mantra meditation is very powerful as compared to other varieties of meditation.

• It is a very effective way to realise God and so we find that people in foreign countries are also chanting Hare Krishna after reading the Bhagavad Gita.

Which of the following are correct?

• Bhagavad Gita is like a manual for us to understand the purpose of life.

• Bhagavad Gita is an ancient scripture, therefore, we need some intelligent manipulation so that we can make it highly relevant for today.

• Bhagavad Gita was spoken for the brahmana class of people as Arjuna was told to perform kshatriya duties of fighting war.

• Bhagavad Gita teaches us the highest standard of happiness which even the best of all powerful and successful people cannot find in this world.