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• Quiz on Srimad Ramayana Revised on Date :08/10/09
1. Who was Valmiki previously ? Robber
2. Who changed Valmiki for good ? Naradha
3. What did Naradha give to Valmiki and how ? Rama Nama as ‘MARA ‘
4. Who gave the name Vlamiki ? Why was he called Valmiki? Brahma , He came out of termite hill – valmeekam
5. How many slokas were in original Ramayana ( written first by Valmiki ) – 100 crores – satha koti ramayanam
6. How many slokas are there in present day Valmiki Ramayana ? 24000
7. How many aksharas for Gayathri mantra ? 24
8. What is Gayatri Ramayanam ? Ramayana with 24 slokas / consisting of askharas of gayathri mantram ? check
9. Who all visited Valmiki ashram to advise him to write Ramayanam ? Naradha + Brahma
10. Why did Valmiki name this epic as Ramayanam ? Ramayanam means Rama’s path.
11. How many chapters are in Ramayanam ( kandams) ? list them ? 7 – Bala , Ayodhya , Aranya , Kishklintha, Sundara, Yuddha ,Uttara
12. In which Yuga , Ramayana happened ? Tretha yuga
13. Why was he called Dasaratha ? Can handle his chariot in 10 directions
14. Who is Dasagreevan ? Ravana
15. What does Ravana , Kumbakarna , Vibihsna represent ? 3 gunas ? Rajo , Thamo , Satva
16. Who is the father of Ravana ? ( Visravas ) What was his Vamsa ? ( Pulasthiar) .. check ?
17. In Ramayana – who is avtar of Vayu , Surya , Indra , Agni , Varuna ? Devaguru, Kubera,Viswakarma,, Aswini devargal?
Hanuman ,Sugriva, Vali , Neelan , Sushenan, Dharan , Gandhamanan, Nalan , Maindhan& Dvidhan
18. Relationship between 4 sons of Dasaratha and 4 vedas ? Yajur ( Ram) , Rig (Laxman), Sama (Bharat) and Atharvana ( Satrugan)
19. What is the yaga done to gain son ? Putrakameshti
20. Who did Putrakameshti for Dasaratha ? Who advised this yaga to be done ? Rishasringar , Vashista
21. Who did Asvameta yagnam for Dasaratha? Rishyasringar
22. Who first did the Asvametha yaga ? who found it out first ? Brahma
23. Who was the father of Rishia sringer ? Vibandagar
24. Who was his wife ? She belonged to which kingdom? Santha . Angadesam
25. Who ruled Anga desam when Rishia sringer visited ? why did he visit ? Romapathar , For getting rain
26. Rama jananam was in which tithi, , star , lagna ( navami , punavasu, kataka)
27. Who is the parents of Indra ? Kasyapa , Athithi
28. Who is the Guru of Surya Vamsa ? Vashista
29. What are the three names of the Vamsam in which Rama was born & why ? Surya , Ikshvahu , Raghu
30. Who is called Kakusthan ? Sri Ram
31. List Four important Surya Vamsa kings up to Sri Rama ? Ikshvahu , Raghu , Manthada , Bagheerathan , Raghu
32. What is the Ramayana in Hindi ? Who wrote it ? Ram Charitha Manas , Tulsidas
33. What is the Ramayana in Tamil ? Who wrote it ? Kambaramayanam , Kambar
34. Who wrote Sanskshepa Ramayana ? Valmeeki
35. Who are 3 wives of Dasaratha ? List their sons with names ? Kousalya , Kaikeyi , Sumitra – Ram , Bharat , Laxman & Satrugan
36. Who are the twins among this ? Who is the mother of the twins ? Laxman &Satrugan – Sumitra Devi
37. Who is Laxman ? whose amsam is he ? Adhishesan
38. Which is the river flowing in Ayodhya ? Sarayu
39. Why this city got the name Ayodhya ? No war
40. Mata Kousalya is from which ‘desam” or kingdom ? Kosala
41. Kaikeyi is from which kingdom ? Kekaya
42. What was the original name of Viswasmithra ? Kousikar
43. What was his vamsam ? Kusi
44. Why did he fight with Vashista ? To gain Kamadhenu
45. How did he become Brimha Rishi ? By tapas and affirmation by Vashista
46. Who is the rishi for Gayathri mantram ? Viswamitra
47. Who was the king who wanted to go to Swarga with physical body ? He belonged to which Vamsa ? Trisangu , Surya
48. Who tried to send him to heaven with physical body ? Viswasmitra
49. How many planets were in a (exalted )top position in Sri Rama’s horoscope ? What are they ? (5- Sun, Guru, Sukra, Mars ,
Saturn) – Punarpoosam star or Punarvasu
50. How did River Ganga was formed originally ? Who created it ? When ? – as Per Bhagavatham Brahma did patha pooja with
water during Trivikrama avtar in Satya Loka and ganga was formed originally . Hari patha theertham .
51. Who explained the history of Ganga to Sri Rama ? when ? Viswamitra during journey to yagna samrakshnam
52. How was Lord Muruga called in Ramayana ? Skandan
53. What was the name of the Vishnu when he measured three worlds by 3 steps ? Tri vikrama ( avtar )
54. What was the avtar called ? For whom it was taken? Vamana , Maha bali
55. Who is Deva Guru ? Who is Asura Guru ? Braspathi , Sukran
56. Ganga was whose daughter ? Who is the sister of Ganga ? as per Ramayana – Himavan , Uma devi
57. How many avtars of Vishnu as per Bhagavatha purana ? 22
58. In Kalki avtar in future , where and for whom God is going to be born ? when ? South India , Vishnu Yasas , end of kali yuga
59. Which is listed as the next avtar of Vishnu ? Name it ? Kalki
60. Who brought Ganga from the heavens ? Why ? Bhageerat , to get salvation for 60,000 Sagaras
61. Who is Kapila Rishi ? Who are his parents ? Where was he doing tapas ? Vishnu avtar , Gardhamar and Deva huthi , Patal loka
62. How many sons did Sakara had ? 60000 sons as Sagaras and one son called Asamanjan
63. Who is the father of Amsuman ? Asamanjan
64. Who is Raghu ? Most important Iskshuvahu vamsa king
65. Who is the father of Dasaratha ? Ajan