Sanatna Dharma and Hinduism Quizlet
Ques. Badrinath is situated on the bank of river
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Alaknanda
(d) Saraswath
Ques. Who is the king of wealth?
(a) Agni
(b) Vayu
(c) Indra
(d) Kubera
Ques. The Rock cut temple of Kailashnath is situated at
(a) Ajanta
(b) Ellora
(c) Elephants
(d) Mamallapuram
Ques. Hindu Pilgrimage centre Sabarimala is located in which city of Kerala?
(a) Kottayam
(b) Pathanamthitta
(c) Kollam
(d) Alappuzha
Ques. “Hindu Political Thought” means
(a) Political Thought of Hindu religion
(b) Political Thought given in Vedas
(c) Political Thought of Hindu Rajas
(d) Political Thought which originated in the Indian continent
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Ques. Where is Tirupati Balaji (Tirumala Venkateswara Temple) present?
(a) Chittor, Andhra Pradesh
(b) Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kolkata, West Bengal
(d) Cuttack, Odisha
Ques. Who is the wife of ‘Ravana’?
(a) Shrutakirti
(b) Simhika
(c) Mandavi
(d) Mandodari
Ques. “Yama’, the God of death in Hinduism, uses what animal as his transport?
(a) Buffalo
(b) Raven
(c) Elephant
(d) Camel
Ques. Where is Padmanabhaswamy Temple located?
(a) Kedarnath, Uttarakhand
(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(c) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
(d) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Ques. “Dharma” means
(a) Virtuous path
(b) Higher Truth
(c) The right duty of a person
(d) All the above
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Ques. Which temple is also known name “Black Pagoda”.
(a) Trimbakeshwar Temple, Nasik
(b) Banke Bthari Temple, Vrlndavan
(c) Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
(d) Sun Temple, Konark
Ques. Which is the sacred text of Hinduism?
(a) The Vedas
(b) The Bhagavad Gita
(c) The epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana
(d) All of the above
Ques. Which of the following contains ‘Gyatri Mantra’?
(a) Rig Veda
(b) Yajur Veda
(c) Upanishad
(d) Aranyaka
Ques. The Mahabalipuram temples were built by the king of Dynasty __
(a) Gupta
(b) Chola
(c) Pallava
(d) Kushana
Ques. In ancient Hindu political thought, the concept close to ‘Sovereignty’ is called
(a) Dharma
(b) Rajadharma
(c) Rajatva
(d) None of the above
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Ques. Which of the following rivers flows through Badrinath?
(a) Alaknanda
(b) Bhadra
(c) Brahmani
(d) Brahmaputra
Ques. The Khajuraho group of monuments in Madhya Pradesh consists of temples of which religion/religions
(a) Hindu only
(b) Jain only
(c) Both Hindu and Jain
(d) Neither Hindu nor Jain
Ques. In the epic Ramayana, which bird tried to prevent Ravana from carrying Slta away?
(a) Vibhishan
(b) Jatayu
(c) Garuda
(d) Bhulinga
Ques. The rockcut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of the
(a) Chola Kings
(b) Pallava Kings
(c) Pandya Kings
(d) Satavahana Kings
Ques. Where is Kamakhya Temple located?
(a) Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
(b) Guwahati, Assam
(c) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(d) Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh
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Ques. __ river is the deity river in the Rigveda
(a) The Brahmaputra
(b) The Yamuna
(c) The Ganges
(d) The Saraswati
Ques. The Meenakshi Temple was located in which state ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
Ques. Where is Famous Amarnath Cave located?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) uttrakhand
Ques. Which dynasty constructed the Ellora Kailash Temple?
(a) Rashtrakuta
(blSatvahanas
(c) Maurya
(d) Pulkasya
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Ques. The ‘Rath Yatra at Puri’ is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
(a) Ram
(b) Jaagannath
(c) Shiva
(d) Vishnu
Ques. The Longest Epic in the World is
(a) Mahabharata
(b) Shri Ram Charitmanas
(c) Sam Veda
(d) Ramayana
Ques. Who was the first European to translate The Bhagwad Gita into English?
(a) Alexander Cunningham
(b) William Jones
(c) James Prinsep
(d) Charles Wilkins
Ques. The number of Puranas is
(a) 18
(b) 21
(c) 23
(d) 16
Ques. Name the Rig Vedic God who is believed to be the upholder of the “Rta” or Cosmic ‘order’:
(a) Agni
(b) Soma
(c) Indra
(d) Varuna
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Ques. Which language was used by Tuisidas for Ramcharltmanas
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Pali
(c) Prakrit
(d) Awadhi
Ques. Khajuraho temple was built during the period of
(a) Pallavas
(b) Chalukyas
(c) Chandels
(d) Palas
Ques. The lengthiest classical epic of Hinduism is:
(a) Bhagwad Gita
(b) Ramayana
(c) Gita Govinda
(d) Mahabharata
Ques. The number of Puranas is
(a) 17
(b) 18
(c) 19
(d) 20
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Ques. What is the typical style of Hindu temple architecture of South India developed by the Cholas called?
(a) Nagara Style
(b) Dravida style
(c) Cave style
(d) Greek Style
Question: Where are the Dilwara Temples located ?
(a) Shravana Belgola
(b) Parasnath Hills
(c) Indore
(d) Mt. Abu
