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Mahabharat

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is first introduced in Mahabharat 2013?

a)

Satyavati

b)

Shantanu

c)

Parshuram

d)

Arjun

2.

Where is Gandhar currently ?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Mumbai

d)

Nepal

e)

Uttar Pradesh

3.

Who was the tutor of Bhishma ?

a)

Parshuram

b)

Dhronacharya

c)

Ganesha

d)

Vishnu

e)

Shiva

4.

What are the 101 Princes collectively called as ?

a)

Kshatriyas

b)

Pandavas

c)

Kauravas

d)

Kumbakarans

5.

What are the names of the five Pandavas ?

a)

Yudishtir, Bhim, Arjun, Nacul, Sahedev

b)

Yudhishthir , Bheem, Arjun, Nakul , Sahadev

c)

Karna,Nakil,Duryodhan,Dushhasan , Vikarna

d)

Jayadrath, Shisupal,Karna, Takshak, Ravan

6.

Who was Draupadi ?

a)

The princess of Panchal

b)

Sibiling of Shikandini and Dhristyadumma

c)

Wife of the 5 Pandavas

d)

Goddess of the air

7.

What was first :

a)

Ramayan

b)

Mahabharat

8.

what is the name of the city that was developed by the Pandavas

a)

Hastinapur

b)

Panchal

c)

Indraprastha

d)

Ayodhya

9.

Who kidnaps Subhadra ?

a)

Ravan

b)

Kalyavan

c)

Arjun

d)

Ghatotkacha

10.

Who was Krishna ?

a)

The 6th avatar of Lord Vishnu

b)

The 5th avatar of Lord Vishnu

c)

The 8th avatar of Lord Vishnu

d)

The 10th avatar of Lord Vishnu

11.

Who was Satyavati ?

a)

An empress of Hastinapur

b)

A fisherwoman

c)

A princess

d)

A soldier

12.

In reality how many sons did Kunti have?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

6

d)

4

13.

Why was Devi Amba reborn as Shikandini?

a)

To kill Bhishma

b)

To conquer Hastinapur

c)

To marry Bhishma

d)

To end the world

14.

When did the Kurukshetra war take place ?

a)

1761 BC

b)

261 BC

c)

3000 BC

d)

1526 BC

15.

Who was the daughter of Dhritarashtra ?

a)

Subhadra

b)

Sita

c)

Dushala

d)

Urmila

16.

The great war lasted for _____ days of fighting

a)

200

b)

23

c)

18

d)

10

17.

Who recited the Mahabharata ?

a)

Ved Vyasa

b)

Parshuram

c)

Amba

d)

Ganesha

18.

Duryodhana and Arjuna both approached Krishna for help before the war began. Arjuna asked for Krishna himself to aid him. What did Duryodhana ask for?

a)

Krishna's weapons

b)

Narayani Sena

c)

All his riches and golds

d)

His palace

19.

What "Guru-Dakshina" did Drona ask from Ekalavya?

(a)  

20.

Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt, the architect of the Prussian education system, and founder of Humboldt University in Berlin, said this of which part of the Mahabharata: "the most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue"?

(a)  

21.

Who was the blind king?

a)

Pandu

b)

Dhritarastra

c)

Drupad

d)

Shakuni

22.

What were the names of the ornaments given to Karna by the Sun God?

(a)  

23.

Whom did Duryodhana trick into joining his side before the war?

(a)  

24.

Where did Drona go when he was insulted by Drupada?

(a)  

25.

Karna learnt archery from a venerable sage by pretending to be a Brahmin. Who was this sage?

a)

Kshatriyas

b)

Parashurama

c)

Alambusha

d)

Bharata

26.

Bheeshma won the hands of three princesses for Vichitraveerya. Who were they?

a)

Amba, Ambika and Ambalika

b)

Amba, Ambika and Subhadra

c)

Sita, Urmila, Mandvi

d)

Ambika, Subhadra, Dussala

27.

Friendship in the Mahabharatha was defined by ___________

a)

Duryodhana and Karna

b)

Arjun and Karna

c)

Yudhishtir and Draupad

d)

Yudhishtir and Duryodhana

28.

Who taught Arjuna the 'Brahmastra'?

(a)  

29.

Who killed Dhrishtadyumna?

(a)  

30.

Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna and Subhadra, was murdered while trying to break into a vyuha (army formation). Which vyuha was it?

a)

Nishada

b)

Bramhastrayuva

c)

Chakravyuha

d)

Bramhastra

31.

As Karna walked away dejectedly after being cursed by Parashurama he killed an animal. What was it?

a)

Dog

b)

Cow

c)

Donkey

d)

Buffalo

32.

Which warrior shot the first arrow, thus beginning the war?

(a)  

33.

The "House of Lac" was built by whom?

a)

Purochana

b)

Shakuni

c)

Karna

d)

Duryodhana

34.

Who did Duryodhana crown as 'King of Anga'?

a)

Dussahan

b)

Karna

c)

Arjun

d)

Abimanyu

35.

Who was Karna's charioteer in the war?

a)

Shalya

b)

Any Charioteer

c)

Shakuni

d)

Arjun

36.

In the battlefield a great warrior sent the fatal arrows which pierced Bheeshma. Who was he?

a)

Karna

b)

Dhristyadumma

c)

Arjun

d)

Yudhishtir

37.

Which warrior on the Pandava side died on the first day of the war?

a)

Abimanyu

b)

Uttar

c)

Ghatotghacth

d)

None of the above

38.

The 100 Kauravas also had a sister. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Why did the Pandavas go into exile?

a)

Because they wanted to live life in the woods

b)

Beacause they lost a game of dice

c)

Because it was Yudishthir and Draupadi's order

d)

To conquer a kingdom

40.

To whom does Yudhisthira offer the first worship at the time of the Rajasuya Yagna?

a)

Shiva

b)

Balaram

c)

Krishna

d)

Kunti

41.

Although little is mentioned about him, Duryodhana had a son who fought in the war. What was his name?

a)

Laxman

b)

Parikshit

c)

Abhimanyu

d)

Suktasom

42.

Which great sage gave Kunti a boon that she could get a son whenever she wished for one through the devas?

a)

Ved Vyasa

b)

Maharishi Kindam

c)

Sage Duruvasa

d)

None of them

43.

How long did the Pandavas spend in exile and/or in hiding?

a)

12 and a 1/2 years

b)

13 years

c)

15 years

d)

1 year

44.

How many soldiers and warriors is Bhishma said to have killed each day of the war?

a)

100

b)

236,8

c)

3400

d)

10,000

45.

The Pandavas were spotted during their exile. True or false

a)

False

b)

True

46.

How did Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti come to their end?

a)

Vidur and Sanjay had killed them

b)

They were killed by another kingdoms army

c)

They died in a forest fire

d)

All of the above

47.

What was the yagna performed by Yudhishthira after the battle of Kurukshetra?

a)

Ashwamedha

b)

Raj surya yagya

c)

Hastinapur yagya

d)

Kurukshetra yagya

48.

Who were Karna's foster parents?

a)

Surya and Kunti

b)

Kunti and Pandu

c)

Adhiratha and Radha

d)

He was alone and had nobody

49.

What was the condition which had to be fulfilled by the suitors at Draupadi's swayamvara (self-choice ceremony) to win her hand in marriage?

(a)  

50.

It is said that because of his Dharma, Yudhishthira's chariot is approximately _______ above the ground.

a)

3.5 inches

b)

1 inch

c)

4 inches

d)

10 inches