08. Of all persons a qualified ______ must be accepted as the best within the material world
a) Brahmana
b) King
c) Kshatriya
d) Yogi
Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana)
01. If one is very opulent, during Shraddha ceremony, he should
a) Endeavor to invite more brahmanas
b) Make expensive arrangements
c) Keep such occasions always simple
d) Invite all his relatives
02. There are ———– branches of irreligion
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
03. Cheating religion is called _______
a) Vidharma
b) Aabhasa
c) Paara dharma
d) Chala dharma
04. A new type of religion created by one who is falsely proud and who opposes the principles of Vedas is called ______
a) Vidharma
b) Aabhasa
c) Paara dharma
d) Upadharma
05. For one who is always self satisfied there is no ________;indeed he feels ______ everywhere
a) Happiness, distress
b) Joy, sorrow
c) Distress, happiness
d) Satisfaction, unsatisfied
06. The strong bodily desires and needs of a person disturbed by hunger and thirst are certainly satisfied when he eats. But as for _______, even if he has conquered all the directions of the world or has enjoyed everything in the world, still he will not be satisfied
a) Greed
b) Anger
c) Pride
d) All the above
07. By making plans with determination, one should give up lusty desires for sense gratification. Similarly by discussing the _______ one should give up fear
a) Truth
b) Envy
c) Anger
d) Greed
08. By serving a great devotee one can become
a) Greedy
b) Proud
c) Prideless
d) Harmless
09. One who first accepts sannyasa but then returns to materialistic activities is to be called a vantasi – means
a) One who eats dog stool
b) One who eats his own vomit
c) One who eats maha prasada
d) One who eats remnants of others
10. In the conditioned stage, one’s conceptions of life are sometimes polluted by
a) Fear
b) Madness
c) Bewilderment
d) All the above
11. Through ______ activities one is purified and becomes fit to enjoy eternal, blissful life
a) Nivrtti
b) Pravrtti
c) Shanthi
d) Tapa
12. When all the activities one performs with his mind, words and body are dedicated directly to the service of the Supreme, one reached oneness of activities called ______
a) Bhavadvaita
b) Advaita
c) Dravyadvaita
d) Kriyadvaita
13. Yudhistira Maharaja heard that Krishna, his cousin, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead from _____
a) Sukadeva Gosvami
b) Lord Brahma
c) Narada Muni
d) Krishna
14. On all planets all living entities are generated from the daughters of
a) Svayambhu manu
b) Daksha
c) Kashyapa
d) Prathu
01. The protective mantra – Narayana Kavaca given by Visvarupa is chanted by meditating on ________ armed form of Narayana
a) 8
b) 6
c) 4
d) 2
02. The Lord assumed the form of ________. The Narayana kavaca prayer says, may Lord in that form protect me on the land
a) Matsya
b) Vamana
c) Narasimha
d) Parasurama
03. The Narayana kavaca prayer says, may Lord in ________ form protect me from rogues on the street
a) Lord Ramacandra
b) Kurma
c) Boar
d) Parasurama
04. The Narayana kavaca prayer says, may Lord in His appearance as ________ protect me from unnecessary pride
a) Hayagriva
b) Dattatreya
c) Kapila
d) Nara
05. The Narayana kavaca prayer says, may Lord as ________ relieve me from undesirable eatable and protect me from physical illness
a) Madhusudana
b) Govinda
c) Vishnu
d) Dhanvantari