21. How is the soul described as amazing?
a) Soul has innumerable qualities
b) Soul is known for its constitution
c) Soul is such a small particle which is both so great and so small
d) None of these
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02 – Contents of the Gita Summarized
22. Even if Arjuna identifies with his body as kshatriya body, then also, how by fighting he would enjoy?
a) If he wins then he would enjoy the earth
b) If he dies then he would go to heaven
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
23. How, by not fighting the war, Arjuna would be affected?
a) Being a kshatriya, fighting is his duty as performing sacrifice is the duty of a brahmana
b) By not fighting he would be neglecting his duties and incur sinful reactions
c) By not fighting he would lose his reputation as a great warrior
d) All of the above
24. Final judgment of the Lord for Arjuna was to ___________ the battle.
a) Withdraw from
b) Die in
c) Mislead
d) None of the above
25. For the sake of fighting, which of the following Krishna asks Arjuna to consider?
a) Happiness or distress
b) Loss or gain
c) Victory or defeat
d) None of these
26. What is the unique quality of work done in Krishna consciousness?
a) Work begun in Krishna consciousness has a permanent effect, even though not finished
b) The performer of the Krishna conscious work is never at a loss even his work in Krishna consciousness is incomplete
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
27. What does capricious work means?
a) Activities performed while one is in the modes of material nature
b) Actions without the sanction of authority
c) Not performing one’s duties
d) None of these
28. Why one shouldn’t be attached to the results of his work?
a) Because it causes bondage
b) Acting without attachment leads one to the path of liberation
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
29. Buddhi yoga means ______________.
a) Success in the work
b) Resultant action’s consciousness
c) Hard labor
d) Transcendental loving service to the Lord
The correct answer is
d) Transcendental loving service to the Lord
30. A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of _________________ actions in this life.
a) Good
b) Bad
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
31. What are the results of performing devotional service?
a) Indifference to Vedic rituals
b) Freedom from sinful reactions, birth and death
c) Remains fixed in the trance of self-realization
d) All of the above
32. What are the symptoms of one who is in pure transcendental consciousness?
a) He gives up all kinds of sense desire arising from mental concoction
b) Takes pleasure in himself by realizing himself as the eternal servitor of the Lord
c) Remains happy in eternally serving the Lord
d) All of the above
33. Why a sage of steady mind not at all disturbed by the onslaughts of the threefold miseries?
a) Because he can agitate his mind in various ways
b) Because he accepts all miseries as the mercy of the Lord
c) Because he is detached
d) None of these
34. A sage of steady mind is daring and active for Krishna’s service when he is ________________.
a) Successful
b) Unsuccessful
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
35. What is the test of a devotee for him to be a self-realized soul?
a) He must be very strong to control his senses
b) He must be well versed in Vedic hymns
c) He must be compassionate
d) None of the above
36. According to BG 2.58 which among the following sets the example of keeping the senses always in the service of the Lord?
a) Serpent
b) Tortoise
c) Peacock
d) Frog
37. Artificial ceasing of senses by _________________, the mind dwells on sense objects.
a) Recommendation
b) Rules and regulations
c) Advancement
d) Consciousness
38. Due to ___________________, many learned sages fall victim to material sense enjoyment.
a) Consciousness
b) Hunger
c) Discrimination
d) Agitated mind
39. Who is a man of steady intelligence?
a) One who restrains his senses
b) One who fixes his consciousness on Krishna
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
40. By contemplating the _________________, one develops attachment, then lust, anger, delusion, bewilderment of ___________, ____________ is lost, then one falls down.
a) Impersonal form, intelligence, memory
b) Objects of the senses, memory, intelligence
c) Objects of the senses, consciousness, renunciation
d) Impersonal form, absolute, consciousness