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Rāmāyaṇa

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Rāmāyaṇa falls into the category of ...

a)

Śruti

b)

Smṛti

c)

Itihāsa

2.

Rāma embodies the ideal example of ...

a)

Dharma

b)

Rasa

c)

Bhāva

3.

... wrote the original version of the Rāmāyaṇa

a)

Vālmīki

b)

Tulsidas

c)

Vyasa

d)

Narada

4.

The Rāmacharitamānas by Tulsidas is more ... in character than the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa

a)

devotional

b)

scholarly

c)

accurate

5.

Why does King Daśaratha of Ayodhyā perform the yajña in which he is given some milk rice?

a)

To obtain a son as heir to the kingdom

b)

To increase his power over rival kings

c)

To obtain the boon of immortality

6.

Kauśalya had ... , Kaikeyī had ... and Sumitrā had ...

a)

Rāma ... Bharata ... Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna

b)

Bharata ... Rāma ... Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna

c)

Rāma ... Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna ... Bharata

7.

When Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are 16 years old, they are asked to protect the āśrama of ...

a)

Viśvāmitra

b)

Kaśyapa

c)

Vaśiṣṭha

d)

Mārkaṇḍeya

8.

Rāma wins Sītā in marriage by ...

a)

breaking Śiva's bow

b)

hitting a fish's eye with bow and arrow

c)

taming a ferocious bull with bare hands

9.

... has two unfulifilled boons promised by Daśaratha, so

she asks that ... becomes king and Rāma be banished to the forest

a)

Kaikeyī ... Śatrughna

b)

Kaikeyī ... Bharata

c)

Sumitrā ... Śatrughna

10.

After Rāma's ban to the forest, Bharata proudly replaces Him as king of Ayodhyā

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Śūrpanakhā (the sister of Rāvaṇa) tries to kill Sītā, since ...

a)

Rāma refused to marry her

b)

Sītā refuses to marry Rāvaṇa

12.

Upon hearing of Sītā, Rāvaṇa is overcome with ...

a)

fear

b)

joy

c)

lust

d)

jealousy

13.

Marīci, the demon ally of Rāvaṇa assumes the form of ... to gain to Sītā's attention

a)

a golden deer

b)

an old Brahmin

c)

Lakṣmana

14.

Rāvaṇa could easily kidnap Sītā due to ...

a)

Rāma's and Lakṣmaṇa's absence

b)

Sītā leaving the protective zone established by Lakṣmaṇa

c)

Hanuman's inability in defending Sītā from him

15.

Jatāyu dies a glorious death by trying to stop Rāvaṇa

a)

true

b)

false

16.

... agrees to help Rāma find Sitā, if Rāma helps him defeat ...

a)

Hanuman ... Sugrīva

b)

Sugrīva ... Vāli

c)

Vali ... Hanuman

17.

... is designated to be a messenger to Sītā and thus flies to Laṅka by dint of his mystical powers

a)

Hanuman

b)

Sugrīva

c)

Vāli

d)

Jatayu

18.

How can Rāma and His monkey servants cross the ocean and proceed to Lanka?

a)

They build a bridge

b)

They mount the back of Garuda

c)

Viśvakarmā builds a bridge for them

d)

Indra provides them with celestial airplanes

19.

With ... Hanumān sets all of Laṅka on fire

a)

a torch of Rāvaṇa's palace

b)

his burning tail

c)

his yogic powers

20.

Lakṣmaṇa, heavily wounded by Indrajit's arrow is rescued by ...

a)

a special herb gathered by Hanuman

b)

drinking the Amṛta of the devas

c)

a potion mixed by Dhanvantari

21.

Rāma kills Rāvaṇa in battle

a)

true

b)

false

22.

The Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa ends with Sītā and Rāma's return to Ayodhyā

a)

true

b)

false

23.

As a reaction to Ayodhyā's citizens questioning Sītā's purity, Rāma ...

a)

retires to the forest

b)

sends Sītā to Vālmīki’s āśrama

c)

installs Bharata as king

24.

Sītā gives birth to ...

a)

Lava and Kuśa

b)

Kava and Luśa

25.

Rāma never gets to meet His two sons

a)

true

b)

false

26.

Sītā departs from this world by ...

a)

entering Rāma's funeral pyre

b)

being swollowed by the Earth

c)

mounting the back of Garuḍa

27.

Rāvaṇa was a great devotee of ...

a)

Brahmā

b)

Śiva

c)

Viṣnu

28.

An great example of a devotee waiting for her beloved Lord mentioned in the Rāmayaṇa is ...

a)

Śabarī

b)

Śrutakīrti

c)

Sumitrā