03. Lord Nara Narayana are still executing great austerities near the place known as ______
a) Badarikashrama
b) Gandhamadhana
c) Kedarnath
d) Hrishikesha
Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 07 – The Science of God
04. On the basis of authentic religious principles one’s ______ is satisfies
a) Mind
b) Soul
c) Body
d) All the above
05. Narada Muni tells there are ______ qualifications to be acquired which can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead
a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) 40
06. In the Varnashrama Dhrama,the first ceremony for purification for propagating a good child is _______
a) Kalyana
b) Garbhadhana
c) Namakarana
d) Upanayana
07. According to Varnashrama Dharma, a Bhramana has ______ occupational duties
a) 6
b) 15
c) 22
d) 30
08. Engaging in the service of low-grade persons is called ______,the profession of the dogs
a) Sva-vrtti
b) Rta
c) Amrata
d) Mrata
09. In time of emergency, one may accept any of the various types of professions , but not ______
a) Sva-vrtti
b) Rta
c) Amrata
d) Mrata
10. Serving one’s master, performing sacrifices without uttering mantras, not stealing – are the symptoms of ______
a) Brahmana
b) Kshatriya
c) Vaisya
d) Sudra
11. Principles followed by a chaste woman are
a) To render service to husband
b) To be equally well disposed towards husband and his relatives and friends
c) To follow vows of the husband
d) All the above
01. A Brahmachari at both junctions of day and night, he should be fully absorbed in thoughts of
a) His spiritual master
b) Fire, the sun-god
c) Lord Vishnu
d) All the above
02. The alms collected by the Brahmachari should
a) Be offered completely to the spiritual master
b) Be taken only by himself
c) Should be shared between the spiritual master and himself
d) Be given out in charity
03. Woman is compared to ______ and man to ______ and hence their indulgence should be only for important business
a) Butter pot, fire
b) Fire, butter pot
c) Pot, potter
d) Puppet, puppeteer
04. A ______ is given permission by the spiritual master to indulge in sex during the period favorable for procreation
a) Brahmachari
b) Grahastha
c) Vanaprastha
d) Sannyasi
05. By rigidly following the rules and regulations for the vanaprastha, one can easily be elevated to the upper planetary system known as ______
a) Janaloka
b) Tapaloka
c) Maharloka
d) Brhmaloka
06. A person in vanaprastha should only eat
a) Grains grown by tilling of the fields
b) Grains cooked in fire
c) Fruits ripened by the sunshine
d) Grains grown without tilling of the land but not fully ripe
07. A vanaprastha when because of old age is unable to perform his prescribed duties for advancement in spiritual consciousness,
a) He should practice fasting
b) He should only then take advice from the doctor
c) He should keep an assistant for his care
d) He should silently suffer
08. At the end of life, a vanaprastha should bestow the object of speech with the sense of speech upon ______
a) Indra
b) Vishnu
c) Fire
d) Prajapati
09. The mind, along with all material desires should be merged in the demigod_____
a) Moon
b) Sun
c) Agni
d) Indra
01. A Sannyasi should not
a) Present allurements of material benefits to gather many disciples
b) Unnecessarily read many books or give discourses as a means of livelihood
c) Attempt to increase material opulence unnecessarily
d) All the above
02. Prahlada Maharaja met a great saintly person at the banks of ______
a) Ganga
b) Yamuna
c) Kaveri
d) Godavari