Indian Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. What did the king give Shakuntala as a sign of their marriage?

Correct Answer: C) Ring.

2. These are all Indian texts except .....

Correct Answer: C) Iliad.

3. Who is SHIVA

Correct Answer: C) God who takes life.

4. It was called as the Legendary Hindi figures.

Correct Answer: A) THE REIGN OF MANUS.

5. Tells the story of the hero Rama, prince of Ayodhya and incarnation of the God Vishnu.

Correct Answer: C) RAMAYANA.

6. It is a body of prose writings that are philosophical in nature and deal with basic problems of existence.

Correct Answer: B) Upanishads.

7. She was famously known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India).

Correct Answer: B) Sarajini Naidu.

8. India's National Flower

Correct Answer: C) Lotus.

9. Mahabharata narrates war between ..... and .....

Correct Answer: A) Pandavas and Kauravas.

10. The play Abhijnana Shakuntalam is a play of how many acts?

Correct Answer: B) 7.

11. "The Way of Rama" , tells the story of the hero Rama, prince of Ayodhya and incarnation of the god Vishnu.

Correct Answer: C) RAMAYANA.

12. Hinduism is more than a religion, but rather a .....

Correct Answer: D) Way of life.

13. Who is the president of Kendra Sahitya Academy?

Correct Answer: C) Chandrashekhar Kambar.

14. What do the Indians call the process of being born again?

Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation.

15. Who is Siddhartha Gautama?

Correct Answer: C) Founder of Buddhism.

16. The play Abhijnana Shakuntalam is written by?

Correct Answer: C) Kalidasa.

17. The word Sanskrit means?

Correct Answer: B) Cultivated.

18. Where do manual labourers belong to?

Correct Answer: A) Shudra.

19. The Vedic Period was from ..... to ..... ?

Correct Answer: C) 1500 BC to 500 BC.

20. In the differest castes, which caste refers to the merchants?

Correct Answer: C) Vaisya:.