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sanskrit

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote Ramayna?

a)

Tulsidas

b)

Valmiki

c)

Kalidas

d)

Soordas

2.

Who wrote original Panchtantra?

a)

Tulsidas

b)

Vyasa

c)

Vishnu Sharma

d)

Kalidas

3.

Who wrote Mahabharata?

a)

Adi Shankar

b)

Vasishtha

c)

Vedvyasa

d)

Shantanu

4.

What is Sanskrit?

a)

a language spoken by early Aryans

b)

a collection of stories that has cultural value

c)

a community made up of many family members

d)

a group of people who migrated from Central Asia

5.

The Vedic texts contained ancient sacred _________________________.

a)

scripture

b)

songs

c)

hymns and poems

d)

death rituals

6.
What was used to write sacred Hindu writings?
a)
Sanskrit
b)
Oracle bones
c)
Cuneiform
d)
Mocsha
7.
The Vedas are ____________________
a)
warriors
b)
ancient laws
c)
sheep herders
d)
a collection of Hindu sacred texts
8.
The Vedas, or sacred texts of Hinduism, are written in the _____________ language.
a)
Hindi
b)
Hebrew
c)
Sanskrit
9.
What is karma?
a)
the order of the universe
b)
the source and final destination of everything
c)
the Hindu practice of reciting from the Vedas
d)
the sum total of good and bad things you've done
10.
personal duty to follow the laws of your caste
a)
caste
b)
nirvana
c)
dharma
d)
vedas
11.

A person honored as very wise or experienced is a _________.

a)

avatar

b)

sage

c)

mentor

d)

tempest

12.

Who Was Hanuman's Father

a)

Suryaksh

b)

Sushena

c)

Kesari

d)

Maind

13.

To which deity did Pushpak aeroplane originally belong ?

a)

Agni (Fire)

b)

Vaayu (Air)

c)

Kubera (Wealth)

d)

Yama (Death)

14.

Which of these was Ravana’s wife ?

a)

Mandodhari

b)

Neela

c)

Chaitri

d)

Sabari

15.

Who gave tasted berries to Rama?

a)

Mandodhari

b)

Neela

c)

Chaitri

d)

Sabari

16.

Who was the boatman who helped Rama, Lakshmana cross river Ganga?

a)

Sugreeva

b)

Kevat

c)

Mareecha

d)

Jataayu

17.

Who among these is Rama & Sita's children?

a)

Angad

b)

Balarama

c)

Kush

d)

Ekalavya

18.

Which city did Shantanu rule?

a)

Indraprastha

b)

Hastinapur

c)

Gandhar

d)

Vrindavan

19.

How many children did Shantanu and Ganga have?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

6

d)

8

20.

Who were the 3 princes of Kashi that Bheeshma abducted from swayamvara?

a)

Marisa, Nandini and Kalyani

b)

Madhavi, Akriti and Divija

c)

Amba, Ambika and Ambalika

d)

Pavithra, Pragya and Prarthana

21.

Who was the re-incarnation of Amba?

a)

Shikhandi

b)

Aryavratha

c)

Babhooshini

d)

Ambavya

22.

What was the name of Drona's son?

a)

Dronaputra

b)

Ashwathama

c)

Arinjaya

d)

Trinetra

23.

Which Kingdom did Duryodhana make Karna the king of?

a)

Anga

b)

Magadha

c)

Madra

d)

Takshashila

24.

Who taught mace wielding to Duryodhana and Bhima?

a)

Hanuman

b)

Balarama

c)

Jarasandha

d)

Kaumodaki

25.

Who was the sole sister of Kauravas?

a)

Kauravi

b)

Marisa

c)

Dussala

d)

Kalila

26.
What practice do Hindus use to quiet the mind and connect to their god?
a)
maya
b)
reincarnation
c)
Brahman
d)
yoga
27.
The __________ is the most famous of the passages from the Mahabharata
a)
Bhagavad Gita
b)
Rigveda
c)
Upanishads
d)
Chandragupta
28.

What does the term Upanishad mean?

a)

Listening to the guru

b)

Chatting about God

c)

Sitting down near

d)

Sitting down in meditation

29.

What term is used to describe experiential knowledge?

a)

karma

b)

bhakti

c)

raja

d)

jnana

30.

The Katha Upanishad is famous for the conversation between which two characters?

a)

Uddalaka and Svetaketu

b)

Yajnavalkya and Gargi Vackanavi

c)

Yama and Nachiketas

d)

Krishna and Arjuna