Bhagvad Gita Quiz

Chapter 1

A. Tick the Personalities who belong to the Parampara that received the
Bhagavad Gita and arrange them in chronological order:

1. Madhavacharya
2. Iksavaku
3. Six Gosvamis
4. King Prthu
5. Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura
6. Brahma
7. King Janaka
8. Loed Krishna
9. Brihaspathi
10. Ssrila Pprabhupada
11. Viswamitra
12. Vyasa
13. Caitanya Mahaprabhu

B. Tick the correct answer:

1. The word “Dharmakshetre Kurukshetre” is being used in the 1 st verse of
bhagavad Gita to indicate:
a) No Particular significance.
b) The war was held to uphold religion
c) The outcome of the war would be favourable to the pious Pandavas..
d) Kurukshetra is a religious place.

2. Duryodhana was confident of victory because:

a) He had Krishna’s mercy
b) He was the rightful heir.
c) The Pandavas were weak
d) They were protected by Bhishma
3. Match The Following:

CONCHSHELLS PERSONALITIES
Pancajanya Sahadeva
Ananta Vjaya Nakula
 Manipushpaka Krishna
Devadatta Bhima
Paundra Yudhishtra
Sughosha Arjuna
4. When the Pandavas blew the conchshells, the Kauravas became afraid
bacause:

5. Arjuna’s flag had the emblem of ___________________ which

signified victory.

6. Krishna is addressed as “infallible” by Arjuna because

a) He is always victorious
b) He has no faults
c) He attracts everyone
d) He never fails in His affection for His devotees.

7. The word “ Guda Kesha” means:

a) The noble one
b) One who has conquered sleep.
c) One who is spiritually advanced.

8. The self interest of every living entity lies in:

a) Performing austerities
b) Krishna
c) Serving others

9. Arjuna’s Gandiva bow was slipping from him because:

a) He became very impatient
b) He found a better weapon
c) Krishna ordered him to remove it

10. Mention 2 types of men who enter the sun planet.

11. Why did Arjuna call Krishna “ Govinda” ?

12. Why did Arjuna call Krishna “Madhava” ?

13. Which are the six types of agressors who can be killed according to
the vedas? Fill up the missing ones:
a) _____________________
b) One who sets fire to the house.
c) _______________________
d) One who plunders riches.
e) ______________________
f) One who kidnaps one’s wife.

13. Arjuna did not want to attack the Kauravas even though they were
aggressors because :
a) He was afraid
b) He could not enjoy the kingdom without them
c) They were his relatives, so he wanted to overlook their mistakes
d) The result of war was unpredictable

15.
Tick the reasons Arjuna gave for not wanting to fight:

a) Whole dynasty will be destroyed

b) The opponents were not so sinful
c) He was too soft hearted
d) Family traditions will be lost
e) The rest of the family will be involved in irreligion
f) So many talented people will be lost
g) Felt great material attachment
h) Women will become degraded
i) They will have illegitimate children
j) Epidemics will be caused due to so much bloodshed
k) We are not sure of victory
l) Family traditions offering Pinda will be stopped
m) The ancestors will suffer in hell
n) We don’t want violence
o) Family and community welfare projects will be stopped
p) These fallen people will go to hell
q) We will be cursed by the relatives we kill

16. Was Arjuna’s excuse to not fight the war based on his own mind or
was it based on scriptures? How do you know?

Bhagavad Gita Quiz

2nd chapter

1. Why did Arjuna address Krishna as “Madhusudhana” when his mind

was disturbed?
2. Absolute Truth has 3 phases of understanding which are
B_______________ , P_____________ , and B_______________.
3. What are the six opulences of Bhagavan?
a) All riches
b) ________________
c) ________________
d) ________________
e) ________________
f) ________________

4. Krishna called Arjuna “Anarya” because

a) He belonged to a low class family
b) He was a Dravidian
c) He was not talking from a spiritual platform
d) All of the above

5. Arjuna was qualified for liberation because:

a) He is self controlled
b) He is surrendered to his guru
c)
d)
e)

6. “ Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you , nor all these
kings”. This verse can be used to defeat which theory? How?

7. We must tolerate both happiness and distress and continue with our
___________.
8. The symptom of the soul being present in our body, is our
_____________.
9. The size of the soul is _________________ the tip of a hair.

10. List 10 qualities of the soul:

a) Eternal
b) Unborn
c) Immutable
d)
e)
f)
g)
h) Cannot be cut by weapons
i)
j)
11. The soul and the super soul are compared to two ___________ sitting
on a ______________. This is mentioned in the ________________ and
___________________ Upanishads.

12. What are the soul and Super Soul doing inside the heart?

13. Even an atheist should not lament for the loss of life because :
Matter is ______________ at the beginning, ________________ at the
middle and _______________ again at the end
14. Some people even after listening to lectures about the existence of the
soul cannot understand its presence at all because

15. Can Ksatriyas take Sannyasa? Why?

16. A Ksatriya who dies fighting goes to the ___________________.

17. Why is there no loss or diminution in Krishna Conscious activities?

18. We should rise above the Vedas because they only deal with
_____________.
19. “All Purposes served by a small well can at once be served by a great
reservoir of water. Similarly, all the purposes of the Vedas can be
served to one who knows the purpose behind them.” B.G Chp 2 Text 46
The purpose of the Vedas is to _______________________ .
20. we should not desire the fruits of our action because it will cause
______________________ ________________________ .
21.Madhavendra Puri became indifferent to Vedic rituals because he was
absorbed in ___________________________.
22. The highest perfection of self realization is to understand
that___________________________________________ and to discharge
one’s duties in _________________________.
23. the self realized man is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects
like the _________________ which draws its limbs into its
________________.
24. The secret of a devotee losing taste for dead material things or for
sense enjoyment is that he
______________________________________________________________
_______________________0
25. !n order to gain steady intelligence, one has to restrain one’s
____________ and fix our __________________ upon
_________________.
26. Mention the engagement of each of the senses of King Ambarisha:
a) His mind:
b) His words:
c) His hands:
d) His ears:
e) His eyes:
f) His body
g) His nostrils
h) His tongue
i) His legs
j) His head
k) His desires

27.A person develops attachment to an object by _________________

about it.
28. From attachment ____________ develops, then ______________
develops, then ______________ develops, then _________________
develops, then ________________ is lost, then one falls again into Maya.
29. “ What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self
controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the
introspective sage.”
Give an example of the night of materialistic men being the day for the
devotee.
30. How can a devotee not be disturbed by the flow of desires which come
to is mind?