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MCQ Unit I- 17.12.2025

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

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Class
Date
1.

Name the two texts where the whole of Natyaveda is capsuled.

a)

Devadasasahasri, Satsahasri

b)

Ramayana, Mahabharata

c)

Rigveda, Yajurveda

d)

Natyashastra, Abhinavagupta

2.

What components were taken by Brahma to create the Natyaveda?

a)

Individual, Music, Acting, Emotion

b)

Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha

c)

Poetry, Drama, Story, Song

d)

Scripture, Puranas, Upanishads, Sutras

3.

From whom did Lasya get its name?

a)

Tandu, the attendant of Shiva

b)

Parvati

c)

Usha

d)

Gandharva

4.

What is the meaning of Nrtta ?

a)

Acting with language

b)

Only dance

c)

Acting without dialogue

d)

Singing of a song

5.

What is the definition of Nrtya?

a)

Acting without dialogue

b)

Acting with language

c)

Only dance

d)

Singing of a song

6.

In which veda, the dialogues are found?

a)

Rigveda

b)

Yajur veda

c)

Sama Veda

d)

Atharva veda

7.

Purpose of performing Nandi

a)

Prayer for the protection of deities.

b)

For the conclusion of the play.

c)

For character introduction.

d)

For the beginning of the dialogue.

8.

Prasthavana refers to

a)

To provide humor to the audience

b)

To establish the character's entry in the minds of the audience

c)

To indicate the conclusion of the play

d)

To announce the name of the play

9.

To whom does Kalidasa refer as the great poet among the ancient poets?

a)

Bhasa

b)

Bana

c)

Jayadeva

d)

Somadeva

10.

भासस्य नाटकानि कस्य निर्देशेन आरभ्यन्ते? How do Bhasa's plays start?

a)

नान्द्यन्ते ततः प्रविशति सूत्रधारः

b)

मंगलश्लोकः

c)

पात्रपरिचयः

d)

नन्द्यन्ते सूत्रधारः

11.

स्वप्नवासवदत्तायाः कथायां वासवदत्ता कस्य पुत्री अस्ति? Whose daughter is Vasavadatta?

a)

महासेनस्य

b)

प्रद्योतस्य

c)

दर्शकस्य

d)

वात्सराजस्य

12.

प्रद्योतः कस्य चातुर्येण तुष्टः भवति? Pradyota was pleased by whose intelligence?

a)

यौगंधरायणः

b)

शालंकायनः

c)

वट्सराजः

d)

वासवदत्ता

13.

चारुदत्तः प्रातःकाले वासन्तसेनायै किं दत्तवान्? What did Carudatta gave Vasantasena?

a)

स्वभार्यायाः हारः Wife's necklace

b)

राज्ञः आज्ञा Command of the King

c)

सज्जलकस्य रत्नानि Gems of Sajjalaka

d)

स्वस्य राज्यं His own country

14.

‘प्रतिमानाटक’ नाटकस्य प्रारम्भः कस्य वनवासेन भवति? With whose exile Pratimanataka begins?

a)

रामस्य

b)

कृष्णस्य

c)

भीमस्य

d)

युधिष्ठिरस्य

15.

‘पाञ्चरात्र’ नाटकस्य नाम किमर्थं प्राप्तम्? Why the play is titled Pancaratra?

a)

पञ्चरात्रस्य कालस्य कारणेन

b)

पञ्चजनानां चरित्रस्य कारणेन

c)

पञ्चयुद्धस्य कारणेन

d)

पञ्चराज्ञः कारणेन

16.

Stage-director in sanskrit?

a)

दौवारिक​:

b)

काञ्चुकी

c)

द्वारपालक​:

d)

सूत्रधार​:

17.

दूतवाक्ये वासुदेवः किं चित्रं दृष्टवान्?

a)

द्रौपद्याः केशाकर्षणस्य चित्रम्

b)

कृष्णस्य राज्याभिषेकस्य चित्रम्

c)

भीमस्य युद्धस्य चित्रम्

d)

दुर्योधनस्य राज्यस्य चित्रम्

18.

कः ब्राह्मणपरिवारं घटोत्कचस्य हस्तात् उद्धरति? Who lifts the family of Brahmanas from the clutches of Ghatotkaca

a)

भीमसेनः

b)

अर्जुनः

c)

कर्णः

d)

युधिष्ठिरः

19.

भीमसेनः घटोत्कचेन सह युद्धे किं ज्ञातवान्? At the end of the fight Bhima and Ghatotkaca came to know their relationship as ------

a)

पितरं पुत्रं च

b)

मित्रं शत्रुं च

c)

गुरुम् शिष्यं च

d)

राजा प्रजा च

20.

दूत-घटोतकचस्य कथायां घटोत्कचः किमर्थं कौरवशिबिरं प्रति प्रेषितः? Why did Ghatotkaca enter the camp of Kauravas?

a)

शान्त्याः सन्देशाय as a peace messenger

b)

युद्धाय to fight

c)

राज्याय for kingdom

d)

दानाय for donation

21.

अविमारकः कुरङ्ग्याः कक्ष्यां कथं प्रविष्टवान्? Avimaraka entered the chamber of Kurangi by means of ?

a)

धात्रेः युक्त्या Dhatri's contrivance

b)

युद्धेन battle

c)

राज्ञः आज्ञया command of the king

d)

विद्याधरस्य साहाय्येन help of vidyadhara

22.

Mutual separation of Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi is present in ------

a)

Brahmanas

b)

Upanishad

c)

Ramayana

d)

Plays of Bhasa

23.

The king of Sauvira became a Candala due to the curse of -----

a)

Vali

b)

Jayavarma

c)

Trishiras

d)

Dirghatapas

24.

Abhisekanatakam of Bhasa based on the story of Valmiki Ramayana's

a)

Balakanda

b)

Aranyakanda

c)

Ayodhyakanda

d)

None of the above

25.

Who is Dussala?

a)

Daughter of Drona

b)

Daughter of Duryodhana

c)

Daughter of Dhritarashtra

d)

Daughter of Dussasana