This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Culture > Festivals > Guru Purnima – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Guru Purnima Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Even the Lord, in his avataras as Rama and Krishna, learned under a Guru. This shows the importance of a Guru. Who were the gurus of Rama and Krishna? A) Sej Vasishta and Sej Sandipani. B) Sage Veda Vyasa and Sage Vasishta. C) Sage Brihaspati and Sage Vishwamitra. D) Sage Gautama and Sage Krupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sej Vasishta and Sej Sandipani. 2. The Word 'Guru' in Sanskrit means? A) One who teaches. B) One who shows the way. C) One who dispels darkness and bestows liberation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who dispels darkness and bestows liberation. 3. Which form of offering is common during Guru Purnima celebrations? A) Flowers and fruits. B) Musical instruments. C) Electronic gadgets. D) Books and stationery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Books and stationery. 4. The delicacies that are consumed on the occasion of Guru Purnima are: A) Shrikhand and Puri. B) Khichdi and Poha. C) Prasad and Charanamrit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prasad and Charanamrit. 5. What does Antaryami Panu mean? A) All knower. B) All Doer. C) Crater. D) Destroyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All knower. 6. Mumbai is also known as? A) Power hub City. B) Hardworking City. C) A city that never sleeps. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A city that never sleeps. 7. What is the meaning of Purnima A) India. B) Full Moon. C) Fortnight. D) Month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full Moon. 8. How many Puranas has Maharishi Vedvyas written? A) Eighteen. B) Eighteen. C) Seventeen. D) Twenty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eighteen. 9. Who is the Guru Of Gurus A) God Within. B) Mind. C) Swami. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) God Within. 10. First Guru of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj A) His mother Jijabai. B) Samarth Ramdas. C) Saint Tukaram. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His mother Jijabai. 11. Last Thursday who is presented on the topic of Guru Purnima A) Fifth note of musical scale.Devandan Swami. B) P. Priyaseva Swami. C) Fifth note of musical scale.Vivekmurthy Swami. D) P. Vatsalmurti Swami. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fifth note of musical scale.Vivekmurthy Swami. 12. To Which Religion does the Golden Temple A) Judaism. B) Hinduism. C) Islam. D) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sikhism. 13. In which Hindu month does Guru Purnima fall? A) Ashada. B) Kartika. C) Bhadrapada. D) Chaitra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashada. 14. In which month is Guru Purnima celebrated? A) Shravan. B) Ashada. C) Kartik. D) Ashwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashada. 15. What time of the year do we celebrate Guru Purnima? A) Any day in June. B) June, 5. C) Full moon during June-July. D) Every full moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full moon during June-July. 16. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak call his political guru? A) Swami Vivekananda. B) Raja Rammohan Roy. C) Shishir Kumar Ghosh. D) Dada Bhai Naoroji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja Rammohan Roy. 17. Today, for special contribution in the field of sports in the country, the Government of India gives 'Arjuna Award' to the player and the award to his coach. A) Abhimanyu. B) Victory. C) Bharat Ratna. D) Dronacharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dronacharya. 18. What traditional practice is observed by students towards their teachers on Guru Purnima? A) Debating. B) Playing games. C) Offering respect and gifts. D) Practicing sports. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offering respect and gifts. 19. What is one of the main spiritual activities performed on Guru Purnima? A) Offering prayers to gurus. B) Singing carols. C) Planting trees. D) Fasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offering prayers to gurus. 20. What does the "Guru" in Guru Purnima stand for? A) Darshanbhai. B) Spiritual Leader, and guider. C) On Vyasji Birthday. D) Someone who leads us from lightness to darkness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiritual Leader, and guider. 21. Who is the First sikh Guru A) Guru Arjun. B) Guru Nanak. C) Guru Ram Das. D) Guru Gobind Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru Nanak. 22. The festival is celebrated on the full moon day (Purnima) in the Hindu month of? A) Ashada. B) Vaisakh. C) Pliers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashada. 23. Which group of people is especially honored on Guru Purnima? A) Politicians. B) Sports players. C) Teachers and spiritual gurus. D) Businessmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teachers and spiritual gurus. 24. What was the Mumbai's first ever local route A) CST to Borivali. B) Thane to Virar. C) Bari Band's Thane. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bari Band's Thane. 25. The countries that celebrate the festival of Guru Purnima. A) India, Japan and Indonesia. B) India, Nepal and Bhutan. C) Japan, Nepal and China. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India, Nepal and Bhutan. 26. Who were the singers in today's Sabha? A) Dhruvin and Rishi. B) Rishi and Dhruvin. C) Vansh and Preet. D) Darsh & Sakait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rishi and Dhruvin. 27. Who has been given the title of "Gurudev" ? A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. B) Guru Nanak Saheb. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rabindranath Tagore. 28. Sage Vashishtha, he was one of the great saints of ..... A) Nine. B) Seven. C) Eight. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seven. 29. Which country does not celebrate Guru Purnima? A) Bhutan. B) Nepal. C) India. D) Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malaysia. 30. According to Vedas, who is the Guru of Gurus? A) The Personality Recasting Guru. B) The Wise Preceptor. C) The Mantra Granting Guru. D) The God within. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The God within. 31. To whom are the hymns composed by sage Vashishtha dedicated? A) Water god to. B) Air god. C) Agni and Indra. D) No one is perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agni and Indra. 32. What is the special occasion of Guru Purnima A) Full sun. B) Full moon. C) Full clouds. D) By vyasji birthday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full moon. 33. Maharishi Ved Vyas was the son of ..... ? A) Vibhishan. B) Bhardwaj. C) Parashar Muni. D) Gautam Maharshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parashar Muni. 34. The word 'guru', where 'gu' means ..... and 'ru' stands for the ..... A) Darkness, removal of darkness. B) Darkness, Light. C) Removal of darkness, darkness. D) Light, removal of darkness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Darkness, removal of darkness. 35. When is Guru Purnima 2020? A) July, 5, 2020. B) July, 16, 2020. C) June, 5, 2020. D) June, 29, 2020. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) July, 5, 2020. 36. What Is True Friendship A) Going Shopping. B) Feeling Oneness. C) Trustworthy. D) Buzz And Woody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling Oneness. 37. Which of the following festivals is celebrated by people of Jainism and Buddhism? A) Maha Shivratri. B) Guru purnima. C) Pongal. D) Full moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru purnima. 38. Which of the following student was Vyasa's disciple? A) Arjuna. B) Eklavya. C) Summant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summant. 39. What is a common way for students to show respect to their teachers on Guru Purnima? A) Ignoring them. B) Disobeying their instructions. C) Showing respect and expressing gratitude. D) Challenging them in debates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Showing respect and expressing gratitude. 40. On the day of Guru Purnima all satsangis observe a Waterless fast (Nirjala Upvas) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. Who gave the boon to Gandhari to become the mother of a hundred sons during the Mahabharata period? A) Bhishma Pitamaha. B) Maharshi Durvasa. C) Maharishi Vedvyas. D) Guru Kripacharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharishi Vedvyas. 42. Guru Purnima is dedicated to all ..... A) Gurus. B) Karma. C) Both Vidya and Guru. D) Knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Vidya and Guru. 43. Gurur Purnima utsav is also called as: A) Acharya Purnima. B) Govinda Purnima. C) Shankara Purnima. D) Vyas Purnima. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vyas Purnima. 44. According to the Hindi calendar, in which month is Guru Purnima celebrated? A) Bhadrapada. B) Ashwin. C) Ashadh. D) Posh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashadh. 45. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had the influence of many great personalities in his life, but his mother was his greatest guru.Tell me their name? A) Tarabai. B) Sholabai. C) Kashibai. D) Brother-in-law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brother-in-law. 46. What does the guru help us find? A) Love. B) Peace. C) Unity. D) Divinity in all his creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divinity in all his creation. 47. Which monastery was established by Vivekananda ji? A) Ramakrishna Math. B) Anand Math. C) Jagat Math. D) Sharda Math. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramakrishna Math. 48. The word "Guru"means A) One who teach us about life. B) One who lead us from darkness to light. C) One who train us at school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One who lead us from darkness to light. 49. Who is honoured in Hinduism on Guru Purnima? A) Lord Krishna. B) Arjuna. C) Shiva. D) Ved Vyasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ved Vyasa. 50. When is Guru Purnima celebrated? A) 7 April. B) 31 October. C) 22 July. D) 5 June. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22 July. 51. Who among the following is a Hindi poet known as "Unlettered Fakir" ? A) Ravidas. B) Krishnadas. C) Kumbhandas. D) Kabirdas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kabirdas. 52. Which activity is NOT typically a part of Guru Purnima celebrations? A) Conducting poojas. B) Playing sports. C) Attending discourses. D) Offering dakshina (gifts) to teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing sports. 53. What is one key personal benefit of celebrating Guru Purnima? A) Gaining material wealth. B) Enhanced spiritual growth and self-reflection. C) Political recognition. D) Physical fitness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enhanced spiritual growth and self-reflection. 54. Today in Sabha who presented on the topic of Antaryami Panu A) Harikrishnabhai. B) Kirtanbhai. C) Dhruvbhai. D) Darshanbhai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harikrishnabhai. 55. What role do spiritual leaders play on Guru Purnima? A) They organize sports events. B) They conduct rituals and give discourses. C) They distribute food. D) They perform dances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They conduct rituals and give discourses. 56. Which activity is often associated with spiritual observance on Guru Purnima? A) Reading sacred texts. B) Attending sports matches. C) Dancing. D) Playing games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading sacred texts. 57. Which of these books has been written by Rishi Vashishtha? A) Ramayanam. B) Rigveda. C) Vedic books. D) Mahabharata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rigveda. 58. 'Manuvan to dahun si phire, yah to sumiran nahin.What is the said poet's poet? A) Rahim. B) Kabirdas. C) Raskhana. D) Surdas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kabirdas. 59. Guru Purnima is the birthday of: A) Guru Vyasa. B) Guru Dhrona. C) Gautam Buddha. D) Lord Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Shiva. 60. Which of these movies is not based on role of Gurus? A) 3 Idiots. B) Like stars on the earth. C) Super 30. D) Chak of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 Idiots. 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