Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 03 – The Status Quo

05. The aggregate number of years all millenniums combined is equal to ________ thousand years of demigods

a) 2
b) 12
c) 18
d) 26

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06. Every Manu enjoys a life of a little more than _______ sets of 4 millenniums

a) 12
b) 27
c) 71
d) 100

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07. The layers of elements covering the universes are each _______ times thicker than the one before

a) 2
b) 4
c) 8
d) 10

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01. Diti’s father’s name was ________

a) Kardama Muni
b) Kashyapa
c) Daksha
d) Svyambhuva Manu

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02. Daksha Prajapati had married ________of his daughters to Kashyapa Muni

a) 2
b) 8
c) 13
d) 18

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03. Diti approached her husband to have children at

a) Most inauspicious hour
b) The time when horrible-looking ghosts are visible
c) The time when Lord Siva travels with his ghost companions
d) All the above

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04. Diti, after realizing her fault of not listening to her husband, begged him to bless her so that she may not be cursed by Lord Siva and also Lord Siva

a) Is her brother-in-law
b) Is the worshippable Lord of all women
c) Is the fulfiller of all material desires
d) All the above

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05. Kashyapa foretold Diti that the sons in her womb

a) Would cause constant lamentation to all the 3 worlds
b) Would kill poor, faultless living entities, torture women etc,
c) Will be killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
d) All the above

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06. Kasyapa also said to Diti that her grandson Prahlad

a) Will be the topmost devotee of the Lord and would be the greatest of the great souls
b) Will be always situated in transcendental ecstasy
c) Will enter spiritual sky at the end of his life
d) All the above

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07. On hearing the future spoken by her husband, Diti

a) Was pleased
b) Was furious
c) Was bewildered
d) Was anxious

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01. Diti’s children were in her womb for __________ years

a) 10
b) 12
c) 100
d) 1000

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02. The trees of the Vaikuntha planets are

a) Spiritual and personal
b) Always in all seasons filled with flowers and fruits
c) Wish fulfilling trees
d) All the above

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03. _______ is given special preference by the Lord among all flowers and leaves

a) Tulasi
b) Campaka
c) Bakula
d) Parijata

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04. The ladies of Vaikunta planets always desire to

a) Receive the grace of the Supreme Lord
b) Wear beautiful ornaments
c) Look beautiful
d) Be the best

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05. Vaikuntha puri has _________ entrances

a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7

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06. The 4 boy sages headed by Sanaka were stopped by ______ at the 7th entrance of Vaikuntha

a) Lord Narayana
b) 2 door keepers Jaya and Vijaya
c) Laxmi, the goddess of fortune
d) Other sages

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01. Lord Narayana came at the entrance of the Vaikunta and spoke to the sages

a) That the disrespect shown by His doorkeepers are actually shown by Him as they are His servants
b) That he would take the offense on Himself
c) That He is begging forgiveness from the sages
d) All the above

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02. The Lord says His heart is captivated by

a) Who are gladdened in heart and who respect the brahmanas
b) Who look upon brahmanas as His own Self
c) Who praise the Brahmanas
d) All the above

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03. Lord considers it as a favor

a) If the sages order that His servants after reaping the fruit of their transgression may return to His presence very soon
b) If the time of exile of His servants may expire very soon
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

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04. Jaya and Vijaya would get their birth in a demoniac family but would always be firmly united with the Lord in thought through mental concentration intensified by

a) Anger
b) Love
c) Separation
d) Frustration

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