05. The departure of the doorkeepers from Vaikuntha was foretold by _______
a) Brahma
b) Laxmi
c) Narada
d) Siva
b) Laxmi
c) Narada
d) Siva
Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 03 – The Status Quo
01. When the 2 demons appeared from the womb of Diti
a) There were earthquakes and appeared that there was fire everywhere
b) Inauspicious planets like Saturn, meteors, comets appeared
c) Luminaries in heavens were screened by masses of clouds
d) All the above
b) Inauspicious planets like Saturn, meteors, comets appeared
c) Luminaries in heavens were screened by masses of clouds
d) All the above
02. Only _________ were seized from fear on seeing all inauspiciousness spread everywhere
a) 4 sons of Brahma
b) Indra
c) Animals
d) Jaya and Viyaya
b) Indra
c) Animals
d) Jaya and Viyaya
03. Hiranyaksa’s main motive was
a) To reign the universe
b) To kill his brother Hiranyakashipu
c) Just to satisfy Hiranyakashipu
d) To please Vishnu
b) To kill his brother Hiranyakashipu
c) Just to satisfy Hiranyakashipu
d) To please Vishnu
04. Vibhavari is the home of ________, the lord of the aquatic creatures
a) Varuna
b) Vayu
c) Agni
d) Indra
b) Vayu
c) Agni
d) Indra
05. Varuna guided Hiranyaksha to fight with __________ to his full satisfaction
a) Brahma
b) Vishnu
c) Indra
d) Hiranyakashipu
b) Vishnu
c) Indra
d) Hiranyakashipu
01. Haryaksa is another name for __________
a) Hiranyaksha
b) Hiranyakashipu
c) Kashyapa
d) Diti
b) Hiranyakashipu
c) Kashyapa
d) Diti
02. Lord Varaha appeared in the form of ________ when fighting with Hiranyaksha
a) Elephant
b) Human
c) Boar
d) Tortoise
b) Human
c) Boar
d) Tortoise
03. When Lord was fighting with Hiranyaksha, mother Earth
a) Was set afloat on the surface of the ocean by the Lord
b) Was sunk deep down in the ocean
c) Was captured by the demon
d) Was in the arms of the Lord
b) Was sunk deep down in the ocean
c) Was captured by the demon
d) Was in the arms of the Lord
04. The Lord struck the demon with
a) A club
b) A mace
c) With His chakra
d) With arrows
b) A mace
c) With His chakra
d) With arrows
05. ________ asked Lord Varaha to kill Hiranyaksha before the demoniac hour
a) Brahma
b) Siva
c) Indra
d) Mother Earth
b) Siva
c) Indra
d) Mother Earth
01. Hiranyaksha attacked the Lord by ____________
a) Throwing a mace against the Lord
b) Hurling his trident towards the Lord
c) Striking his fist on the Lord’s chest
d) All the above
02. The demon Hiranyaksa was finally dead when Lord _________
a) Slapped him in the root of the ear
b) Cut his neck by His Sudarshan Chakra
c) Hit him on his head by His mace
d) Shot him with His powerful arrow
03. The Lord’s incarnation as boar was spoken to Vidura by ______________
a) Lord Krishna
b) Sage Maitreya
c) Narada Muni
d) King Yudhistira
04. Kausarava is another name of sage ___________
a) Maitreya
b) Durvasa
c) Narada
d) Vasistha
05. The benedictions offered on faithful hearing of the Lord’s incarnation as boar and the killing of Hiranyaksa is _______
a) It promotes strength to one’s vital organs
b) It confers extraordinary merit, wealth, fame etc.
c) He is relieved of killing of even a Brahmana
d) All the above
01. Vidura met Maitreya at ———–
a) Hardwar
b) Rishikesh
c) Badrinath
d) Vrndavan
02. The material nature was impregnated by —————- and thus material elements were produced
a) Maha Vishnu
b) Garbhdakshayi Vishnu
c) Kshirodakshayi Vishnu
d) Brahma
03. The coverings of ignorance were created by Brahma’s ———–
a) Neck
b) Legs
c) Back
d) Shadow
04. The effulgent form of daytime were picked up by ———–
a) Demons
b) Demigods
c) Bhutas
d) Gandharvas