1.’ Kadambari ‘ is written by :
(A) Kalidas
(B) Kautilya
(C) Kalhan
(D) Banabhatta
Answer – (D) Banabhatta
2.Kadambari was originally written in:
(A) Pali
(B) Prakrit
(C) Sanskrit
(D) Angika
Answer – (C) Sanskrit
3.Banabhatt’s Prakrit was :
(A) Harshavardhan
(B) Chandragupta
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Shashank
Answer – (A) Harshavardhan
4.The hero of Kadambari is :
(A) Chandrapeeda
(B) Tarpeed
(C) Chandradev
(D) Ashwaraj
Answer – (A) Chandrapeeda
5.Who is considered as the original author of ‘ The Mahabharata ‘ ?
(A) Valmiki
(B) Vyas
(C) Shudrak
(D) Kalhan
Answer – (B) Vyas
6.What was the name of the horse of Chandrapeeda ?
(A) Jabali
(B) Indrayudh
(C) Kulerra
(D) Vaisanpayan
Answer – (B) Indrayudh
7.How many parvas are there in ‘ The Mahabharata ‘ ?
(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 18
(D) 19
Answer – (C) 18
9.Ghatokacha was the son of:
(A) Yudhishthira
(B) Arjun
(C) Bheema
(D) Duryodhan
Answer – (C) Bheema
10.Jarashandha was the king of:
(A) Kosala
(B) Magadha
(C) Kashi
(D) Hastinapura
Answer – (B) Magadha
11.Who bowel to kill Dushasana and drink his blood when he molested Draupadi ?
(A) Sahadeve
(B) Nakul
(C) Bhima
(D) Arjuna
Answer – (C) Bhima
12.Lord Krishna was the king of :
(A) Vrindavana
(B) Mathura
(C) Panchal
(D) Avanti
Answer –
- Who had a boon to select the time of his death ?
(A) Bhishma
(B) Dronacharya
(C) Duryodhana
(D) Karna
Answer – (A) Bhishma - Who was Bhishma’s mother ?
(A) Satyavati
(B) Saraswati
(C) Laxmi
(D) Ganga
Answer – (D) Ganga - King Pandu married :
(A) Twice
(B) Thrice
(C) Once
(D) None of these
Answer – (A) Twice - Kadambari is a ………………. princess:
(A) Yaksha
(B) Gandharva
(C) Kosal
(D) None of these
Answer – (B) Gandharva - Kadambari was completed by :
(A) Banabhatta
(B) Bhushanbhatta
(C) Vishnubhatta
(D) None of them
Answer – (B) Bhushanbhatta - Banabhatta was the court poet of king :
(A) Vikramaditya
(B) Ashoka
(C) Harshvardhana
(D) None of them
Answer – (C) Harshvardhana - Who curses the Moon to be born on Earth and suffer the misery of unrealised love ?
(A) Mahashveta
(B) Kadambari
(C) Pundarika
(D) None of them
Answer – - Chandrapida is the son of king :
(A) Tarapida
(B) Suryapida
(C) Nakshatrapida
(D) None of them
Answer – (A) Tarapida
- Who vowed to kill Dushasana and drink his blood when he molested Draupadi?
(A) Sahadeve
(B) Nakul
(C) Bhima
(D) Arjuna
Answer-(A) Sahadeve - Lord Krishna was the king of:
(A) Vrindavana
(B) Mathura
(C) Panchal
(D) Avanti
Answer -(B) Mathura - Who had a boon to select the time of his death?
(A) Bhishma
(B) Dronacharya
(C) Duryodhana
(D) Karna
Answer- (B) Dronacharya - Who was Bhishma’s mother?
(A) Satyavati
(B) Saraswati
(C) Laxmi
(D) Ganga
Answer – (C) Laxmi - King Pandu married :
(A) Twice
(B) Thrice
(C) Once
(D) None of these
Answer -(C) Once - Kadambari is a……….princess:
(A) Yaksha
(B) Gandharva
(C) Kosal
(D) None of these
Answer -(B) Gandharva - Kadambari was completed by :
(A) Banabhatta
(B) Bhushanbhatta
(C) Vishnubhatta
(D) None of them
Answer – (A) Banabhatta
- Banabhatta was the court poet of King :
(A) Vikramaditya
(B) Ashoka
(C) Harshavardhana
(D) None of them
Answer-(C) Harshavardhana - Who curses the Moon to be born on Earth and suffer the misery of unrealised love?
(A) Mahashveta
(B) Kadambari
(C) Pundarika
(D) None of them
Answer – (C) Pundarika - Chandrapida is the son of King :
(A) Tarapida
(B) Suryapida
(C) Nakshatrapida
(D) None of them
Answer – (A) Tarapida
- Who wrote “Abhigyan Shakuntalam”?
(A) Kalidasa
(B) Tulasidas
(C) Surdas
(D) Vedvyasa
Answer – (A) Kalidasa - What is the literal meaning of this pay?
(A) The recognition of Shakuntala
(B) The love story of Shakuntala
(C) The life of Shakuntala
(D) The marriage of Shakuntala
Answer – (A) The recognition of Shakuntala - ———–king falls in love with Shakuntala.
(A) Dushyanta
(B) Harsha
(C) Ashoka
(D) Chandragupta
Answer -(A) Dushyanta - ———–is the father of Shakuntala.
(A) Vishwamitra
(B) Kanva
(C) Valmiki
(D) Vasistha
Answer -(D) Vasistha - Who cursed Shakuntala in the play?
(A) Menka
(B) Rambha
(C) Narada
(D) Durvasa
Answer -(D) Durvasa - …………is the name of the son of Shakuntal and Dushyanta?
(A) Bharat
(B) Rama
(C) Vikramaditya
(D) Arjuna
Answer – (A) Bharat - In which language was the play originally written?
(A) Sanskrit
(B) Tamil
(C) Telgu
(D) Hindi
Answer-(A) Sanskrit - Where does Shakuntala meet king Dushyanta for the first time?
(A) In a temple
(B) In the forest
(C) In the palace
(D) By the river
Answer – (B) In the forest - ———– is the token of recognition that king Dushyanta gives to Shakuntala?
(A) Ring
(B) Necklace
(C) Crown
(D) Bracelet
Answer-(A) Ring - What does king lose, leading to the separation from Shakuntala?
(A) His kingdom
(B) His memory
(C) His wealth
(D) His youth
Answer -(B) His memory - How does the king eventually recognize Shakuntala as his wife?
(A) Through a prophecy
(B) By seeing the ring he gave her
(C) Through a dream
(D) By a divine intervention
Answer – (B) By seeing the ring he gave her - What curse does Durvasa place on Shakuntala?
(A) She will forget the past
(B) She will be separated from her loved ones
(C) She will lose her beauty
(D) She will die soon
Answer – (B) She will be separated from her loved ones - Which king does Shakuntala eventually marry in the play?
(A) King Dushyanta
(B) King Subahu
(C) King Marutta
(D) King Ashoka
Answer -(A) King Dushyanta - What is the significance of the ring in Shakuntala’s life?
(A) It is a token of friendship
(B) It is a symbol of her royalty
(C) It is a gift from her parents
(D) It helps in the recognition of her true identity
Answer – (D) It helps in the recognition of her true identity - In which act of the play does the reunion of Shakuntala and Dushyanta take place?
(A) Act 3
(B) Act 4
(C) Act 7
(D) Act 8
Answer- (C) Act 7
- Who composed the Ramayana?
(A) Vyasa
(B) Valmiki
(C) Kalidasa
(D) Tulsidas
Answer – (B) Valmiki - What is the first book of the Ramayana called?
(A) Ayodhya Kanda
(B) Sundara Kanda
(C) Bala Kanda
(D) Aranya Kanda
Answer- (C) Bala Kanda - Who was the king of Ayodhya in the Bālakānda?
(A)Janaka
(B) Dasharatha
(C) Ravana
(D) Bhart - Which yagna was performed by King Dasharatha to have sons?
(A) Ashvamedha Yagna
(B) Putrakameshti Yagna
(C) Rajasuya Yagna
(D) Vajapeya Yagna
Answer – (B) Putrakameshti Yagna - How many sons were born to Dasharatha?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Answer-(C) 4