This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Culture > Literature > Indian Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did the king give Shakuntala as a sign of their marriage? A) Horse. B) House. C) Ring. D) Glass shoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ring. 2. These are all Indian texts except ..... A) Mahabharata. B) Ramayana. C) Iliad. D) Panchatantra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iliad. 3. Who is SHIVA A) God who gives life. B) God who continues Life. C) God who takes life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) God who takes life. 4. It was called as the Legendary Hindi figures. A) THE REIGN OF MANUS. B) THE REIGN OF THANUS. C) THE REIGN OF NAMUS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE REIGN OF MANUS. 5. Tells the story of the hero Rama, prince of Ayodhya and incarnation of the God Vishnu. A) BRAHMANAS. B) Jatakas. C) RAMAYANA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RAMAYANA. 6. It is a body of prose writings that are philosophical in nature and deal with basic problems of existence. A) Brahmanas. B) Upanishads. C) Sutra. D) Shakuntala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upanishads. 7. She was famously known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India). A) Venus. B) Sarajini Naidu. C) RABINDRANATH TAGORE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarajini Naidu. 8. India's National Flower A) Rose. B) Listen up. C) Lotus. D) Tulip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lotus. 9. Mahabharata narrates war between ..... and ..... A) Pandavas and Kauravas. B) Ram and Ravana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pandavas and Kauravas. 10. The play Abhijnana Shakuntalam is a play of how many acts? A) 6. B) 7. C) 8. D) 9. Show Answer 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. A) MAHABHARATA. B) BHARATA. C) RAMAYANA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RAMAYANA. 12. Hinduism is more than a religion, but rather a ..... A) Calling. B) Civic Duty. C) Passion. D) Way of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Way of life. 13. Who is the president of Kendra Sahitya Academy? A) D.R. Bendre. B) Vinayaka Krishna Gokak. C) Chandrashekhar Kambar. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandrashekhar Kambar. 14. What do the Indians call the process of being born again? A) Enlightenment. B) Reincarnation. C) New life. D) Transfiguration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 15. Who is Siddhartha Gautama? A) Most notable Indian revolutionary. B) Member of British Eat India Company's private army. C) Founder of Buddhism. D) Colonizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Founder of Buddhism. 16. The play Abhijnana Shakuntalam is written by? A) Chelliah. B) Chitra Banerjee. C) Kalidasa. D) R. K. Narayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalidasa. 17. The word Sanskrit means? A) Flower. B) Cultivated. C) Educated. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultivated. 18. Where do manual labourers belong to? A) Shudra. B) Brahmin. C) Kshatriya. D) Vaishya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shudra. 19. The Vedic Period was from ..... to ..... ? A) 1600 BC to present day. B) 500 BC to 1500 BC. C) 1500 BC to 500 BC. D) 700 BC to 800 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1500 BC to 500 BC. 20. In the differest castes, which caste refers to the merchants? A) Kshariya. B) Shudrasya. C) Vaisya:. D) Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaisya:. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Culture QuizzesIndian Literature Quiz 1Indian Literature Quiz 3Indian Literature Quiz 4Indian Literature Quiz 5Indian Literature Quiz 6Indian Literature Quiz 7Indian Literature Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books