Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 04 – The Creation of the Fourth Order

07. The atmosphere of the place is said to be very pleasant, non violent and non envious. This represents the

a)   The so called peaceful family life with the accompany of wife and children so much that the desire is to be with family always

b)   The forest atmosphere where all animals are peaceful

c)   Spiritual world

d)   Mind of a sage

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08. King Puranjana saw a woman who was anxiously looking for a suitable husband. The woman represents the

a)   Mind

b)   Ego

c)   Intelligence

d)   Body

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09. King Puranjana on seeing the woman and her beauty

a)   Was completely filled with lusty desires

b)   Enquired about here whereabouts and her accompanying associates

c)   Glorified himself to be a suitable husband for her

d)   All the above

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10. The woman on hearing the king’s proposal

a)   Became furious and cursed the king

b)   Instructed the king on the path self realization

c)   Ran away in fear

d)   Glorified the benefits of family life and married the king and they enjoyed life for 100 years

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11. King Puranjana after marrying the woman

a)   Realized his supreme position as a servant of God and returned to the forest

b)   Was completely under the control of material intelligence and lived his life to fulfill the desires of the queen

c)   Although in family life was never able to live peacefully

d)   None of the above

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01. King Puranjana was very much attached to his wife. But one day he went in to a forest named___________

a)   Indra Prastha

b)   Panca Prastha

c)   Sukhi nidra

d)   Mahavan

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02. King Puranjana entered the forest in the mood of____________

a)   A sage, being detached from his wife

b)   Pride, not caring for his wife and killing innocent animals

c)   Passion and ignorance

d)   Both b and c

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03. King Puranjana after killing many animals was fatigued and returned home and became fresh. This is actually compared

a)   To a man returning to his original consciousness that is Krishna Consciousness

b)   To a grahasta returning home after a days work

c)   To animals returning after a days hunt

d)   None of the above

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04. After feeling relieved from stress, the king inquired from the household women about their comfort. This is compared to a man after being refreshed by association with devotees consulting the activities of his mind namely

a)   Thinking

b)   Feeling

c)   Willing

d)   All the above

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05. After a long search, King Puranjana found his queen lying on a ground. Reason was

a)   She was feeling dizzy

b)   She was angry

c)   She was neglected by her husband

d)   She wanted to take revenge

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06. King Puranjana pacified his queen by glorifying her, touching her feet etc. This is been compared to

a)   Surrendering to the lotus feet of the spiritual master

b)   Elephant taking bath

c)   As an expression of lust

d)   None of the above

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01. When king Puranjana met his queen,

a)   His thoughts of devotional service awakened

b)   He renounced himself completely from family life

c)   He started to preach to her on aspects of devotional service

d)   He became very much captivated by her beauty and deviated from his good sense

 

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02. By the time king Puranjana reached his very old age,

a)   He had thousands of children

b)   All his children were virtually plunderers of all his wealth

c)   He worshiped demigods, forefathers with various sacrifices which were all very ghastly

d)   All the above

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03. The city of Puranjana was eventually plundered by

a)   His sons

b)   The 5 hooded serpent

c)   The Gandharvas headed by Candavega

d)   None of the above

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04. Once when Narada Muni came to earth from Brahmaloka,__________became lusty and proposed to him

a)   Kalakanya

b)   Time

c)   Durbhaga

d)   Bhaya

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05. Considering the request due to the order of Narada Muni, Yavana-raja accepted Kalakanya as his

a)   Maid servant

b)   Sister

c)   Queen

d)   Mother

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06. The king of Yavanas tried to utilize Kalakanya in the service of the Lord by

a)   Trying to arouse a sense of fear in people so that they will prepare for the next life by engaging in Krishna Consciousness

b)   To attack foolish people imperceptibly by old age , disease and ultimately death

c)   To make people aware that materialistic advancement is not all in all

d)   All the above

 

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01. When Kalakanya attacked the body of Puranjana, the soldiers of the Yavana king entered the different gates of the city and began to trouble the citizens. This in essence means that

a)   Puranjana was not careful enough to not allow Kalakanya to attack him

b)   The gates of the city were not properly closed and hence was attacked

c)   The citizens of the city were not devotees

d)   When old age attacks,  all the gates of the body are blocked by so many diseases and one becomes really miserable

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02. When King Puranjana was embraced by Kalakanya,

a)   He gradually lost all his beauty

b)   He lost all his opulence

c)   He became very poor in intelligence

d)   All the above

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03. When the king’s body was completely being deteriorated he was continuously thinking of

a)   His wife that she would not be able to maintain the responsibility of household affairs

b)   His wife tat how she was always so dear and attached to him and was a good counsel at times of need

c)   The Supreme Lord who was in his heart as the Super Soul

d)   Both a and b

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