WorksheetsCELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY 21ST JUNE.
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who is believed to be the father of Modern Yoga?
Krishnamacharya
Gautam Buddha
Maharshi Patanjali
Adi Shankaracharya
Yoga has eight components, also known as the eight fold path of life — Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Dhyana, Samadhi are five of them. Which are the other three?
Savichar, Santosa, Tapas
Asteya, Aparigraha, Brahmacharya
Ananda, Asmita, Aachaar
Yama, Dharana, Pratyahara
The word “Yoga” comes for Sanskrit. What is the literal meaning of this word?
Hindu system of philosophy & meditation
Inner peace & tranquility
Joining together
Controlled breathing
Surya Namaskar is considered to be a complete exercise for the body and has often been cited as a combination of Asanas that helps in stretching almost all the major muscles. How many different Asanas does Surya Namaskar comprise of?
12
7
10
8
Yoga has many practitioners in the West and several Hollywood celebrities such as Adam Levine and Julia Roberts have endorsed it. Indra Devi is credited with introducing Yoga to the West. Which country did she belong to?
Nepal
Russian
India
USA
An Indian youth organisation entered the Limca Book of Records for simultaneously performing Yoga for the longest duration. Which organisation was this?
NSS
Girl Scouts
LTS
NCC
Bharat Thakur is an internationally renowned name in the field of yoga instructors and a celebrity in his own right. Which new field of yoga did he lay the foundation for?
Ashtang Yoga
Hatha Yoga
Sahaja Yoga
Artistic Yoga
Who say's ‘Checking the
impulses of mind is Yoga’?
Patanjai
Shankracharya
Shri Krishna
Swami Sivananda.
Which asana can be practiced
immediately after eating food?
In Hastottanasan, ‘Hast’ means.
Abdomen.
Chest.
Arms.
Head.
Bhujangasana is also called as:
Cobra Pose
Tiger Pose.
Peacock Pose.
Cow Pose.
The assists in releasing trapped
digestive gas from the stomach &
intestines:
In this asana, the body takes shape of a
floating fish:
Which of the following asana give a
posterior stretch to the spinal
column?
Which amongst these is a sitting
asana?
Ardh-Matsyendrasana.
Padahastasana.
Ardh Chakrasana.
Trikonasana.
