08. Engaging in the produce of food stuffs, protection of cows, trading when excess in production etc. is the occupational duty of a
a) Brahmana
b) Kshatriya
c) Vaisya
d) Sudra
Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana)
08. In the story of the hunter and the kulinga birds, at first the hunter captured ______ kulinga bird(s)
a) Male
b) Female
c) Baby
d) All
02. Maharaja Bharata married __________, daughter of Visvarupa
a) Paanchali
b) Pankaja
c) Pancajani
d) Pancakanya
09. Yamaraja by the story if the kulinga birds instructed the queens that
a) If they are not careful, they would take next birth as kulinga birds
b) Even if they lament for their dead husband for hundreds of years he would not come back and in the mean time their life would be finished
c) Everything material is temporary, not continuing to exist
d) Both b and c
03. Maharaja Bharata and his wife had ________ sons
a) 5
b) 15
c) 20
d) 25
10. Diti, upon hearing the philosophical instructions given by ______, forgot her grief over her son’s death and engaged her mind and attention in understanding the real philosophy of life
a) Hiranyakashipu
b) Hiranyaksha
c) Aditi
d) Rusabhanu
09. Sudras must fulfill the duty of the
a) Head
b) Arms
c) Belly
d) Legs
10. Kshatriyas should fulfill the duty of the
a) Head
b) Arms
c) Belly
d) Legs
04. Formerly this planet was known as __________
a) Bharata varsa
b) Ajanabha varsa
c) India
d) Harsha varsa
01. In the valley of ______ hill Hiranyakasipu began to perform his severe austerities
a) Mandara
b) Gandhamadhana
c) Simhadri
d) Nilachala
11. Prthu Maharaj warned his citizens never to commit offenses against_________and_________
a) Humans and animals
b) Trees and plants
c) Brahmanas and Vaishnavas
d) Kshatriyas and Vaishyas
05. Maharaja Bharata was
a) A very learned an experienced king
b) Perfectly ruled the citizens and was affectionate to them
c) None of the above
d) Both a and b
02. Because of the power of the severe austerities of Hiranyakasipu,
a) The fire and its smoke spread throughout the sky, encompassing the upper and lower planets
b) All the rivers and oceans were agitated
c) Surface of the globe began trembling
d) All the above
12. In brahmana stage, one’s understanding of the Absolute Truth is mainly based on the________view
a) Personal
b) Impersonal
c) Intimate
d) Logical
06. Maharaj Bharata performed various kinds of sacrifices
a) So that he eternally remains as the king
b) By satisfying the different demigods, he can be immortal
c) He did not have faith on Supreme Personality of Godhead
d) Understood that the demigods are the different parts of Lord’s body and finally the objective of all sacrifices is to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead
03. Being disturbed by the austere penance of Hiranyakasipu, the demigods approached ______
a) Lord Brahma
b) Lord Vishnu
c) Lord Shiva
d) Narada Muni
13. When a brahmana with all his brahminical qualifications engages in the transcendentally loving service of the Lord, he becomes________
a) A pure brahmana
b) A Vaishnava
c) A demigod
d) A gandharva
14. The Supreme Personality of Godhead obtained His staunch reputation by worshipping the lotus feet of Brahmanas and Vaishnavas . The Lord needs to do this to
a) Become pure
b) To set an exemplary behavior
c) To acquire material gain
d) To acquire name and fame
07. Destiny fixed time for Maharaja Bharata’s enjoyment of material opulence was
a) One thousand years
b) One thousand times ten thousand years
c) Ten thousand years
d) Hundred years
04. Hiranyakasipu had sustained his life by not drinking water for ______
a) 10 years
b) 100 years
c) 1000 years
d) 100 celestial years