The Gita Contest

What are the names of Krishna and Arjuna’s conchshell?

A) Ananta-vijaya and Dhananjaya

B) Sughosa and Manipushpaka

C) Pancajanya and Devadatta

D) None of these

What was Arjuna’s flag marked with?

A) Fire-god

B) Hanuman

C) Goddess of fortune

D) Sword

Krishna is Hrsikesa, _________.

A) The conqueror of sleep and ignorance

B) The conqueror of wealth

C) The director of the Pandavas army

D) The director of the senses and mind of every living entity

What is the size of the soul?

A) One thousandth part of the upper portion of the hair point in size

B) One hundred-thousandth part of the upper portion of the hair point in size

C) One ten-thousandth part of the upper portion of the hair point in size

D) One thousand-thousandth part of the upper portion of the hair point in size

What are the characteristics of the soul?

A) Unborn, indestructible & unchangeable

B) Cannot be burned, dried, wet or withered by wind

C) Everlasting, immovable, all-pervading, Invisible, inconceivable and immutable

D) All of the above

According to BG 2.58 which among the following sets the example of keeping the senses always in the service of the Lord?

A) Serpent

B) Tortoise

C) Peacock

D) Frog

Being active is the nature of the ___________.

A) Materialism

B) Soul

C) Vedas

D) Impersonalist

Who instructed the knowledge of BG to Ikshvaku?

A) Sun-god

B) Vivasvan

C) Manu

D) Krishna

Why and when the Lord appears in this world?

A) Whenever there is predominance of irreligiosity and disappearance of true religion

B) To deliver the pious and annihilate the miscreants

C) Both a & b

D) None of these

Without ___________ one can never live happily on this planet.

A) Grades

B) Sacrifices

C) Marriage

D) Consciousness

Why the Lord asks to approach a spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession?

A) Because spiritual realization is difficult to understand and hence person in disciplic succession helps

B) Because a person in disciplic succession can convey the message of the Lord as it is

C) Because a person in disciplic succession has seen the truth

D) All of these

What was Sanjaya’s opinion after hearing Bhagavad-Gita?

A) His opinion was, that Arjuna is the supreme archer

B) His opinion was, that where Krishna & Arjuna are present there is all good fortune & victory

C) His opinion was, that Arjuna is a great renunciant

D) He had no opinion to give

What is the essence of the teachings of Bhagavad-Gita?

A) To become peaceful

B) To follow all the yoga-asana to reach the Supreme

C) To become well versed in the scriptures

D) To fully surrender unto Krishna

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