The document describes rules for a 35 question India quiz. It provides sample questions and answers related to Indian mythology, history, and culture. Key details include that the first 20 questions are worth 1 point each, next 15 questions are worth 2 points each, and questions 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 are starred tie-breaker questions. The document then lists 35 multiple choice style questions related to Indian mythology along with their answers.

1. THE INDIA QUIZ
FEST

3. Rules
• 35 questions
• 1st 20 questions will have 1 point each
• Next 15 questions will have 2 points each
• Questions 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 are starred
questions and would be used to break ties

4. 1*
------- means a stage set up to exhibit tricks
with snakes. In this festival snake charmers,
called -----, bring king cobras and other
snakes in cane baskets and perform
astonishing acts with them. The festival, is
celebrated in honor of the serpent Goddess
Manasa. Name the festival/ or fill in the
blanks.

5. 2
Identify the lady from
mythology shown in the
painting

7. 3
On one occasion, Parvati and Shiva were
engaged in a game of chess. Parvati wanted
to have an umpire and Chitranemi, a creation
of Shiva, was chosen. Chitranemi sided with
him most unjustly. This provoked Parvati's
anger and she cursed Chitranemi that he
should become a leper. When Chitranemi
begged Parvati's forgiveness she is said to
have relented and said that he would be
cured of his leprosy by observing the ---------
Vrata. Fill in the blanks

8. 4
The legend says that once when Shiva was
imparting wisdom to Parvati, she became
distracted by a beautiful peacock. Shiva then
cursed her to take birth as a peahen, telling
her that he would join her after she
worshipped him in the form of a Shiva
Lingam under a Punnai tree. After many
years of searching, the peahen finally found
such a Shiva Lingam in an area which is now
in South Chennai. The name of which place
takes its name from this legend?

9. 5*
Identify the deity

11. 6
Rukmini, the daughter of King Bhishmak of
Vidarbha, falls in love with Krishna. Her
brother Rukmi however disapproves and
arranges Rukmini's marriage to his friend,
King Shishupal of Chedi. Rukmini secretly
sends a message to Krishna, and together
they plan to elope. The day before her
marriage to Shishupal, Rukmini visits this
temple, where she meets with Krishna.
Which temple in Maharastra?

12. 7
Her name signifies without any deformation.
To choose her husband, her creator Brahma
had a condition that the one who crossed the
three worlds first should take her hand. Who
are we talking about?

13. 8
An incident from which
mythological king’s life
is depicted in this
painting?

15. 9
The name of this hill comes after the Sage
who used to live here in the Treta Yuga.It is
also the place where Sugriva benefited from
the magical protection of the sage who had
placed a curse of death on Bali, if he dared
enter the area. Name the sage or the hill.

16. 10*
What is the chair occupied by the head of the
Malankara church called?

17. 11
During the course of the battle , he killed
approximately 10,000 soldiers, horsemen,
and elephant-men. He killed many ‘Maha
Rathis’, few of them are mentioned below:-
• Sushena
• Drighalochana
• Kundavedhin
• Rukmaratha, son of Salya
• Vrihadvala, King of Kosal
Who am I talking about?

18. 12
Identify this divine
being from mythology.

20. 13
In Hindu mythology Yamuna is regarded as
the twin sister of which deity?

21. 14
The special characteristic of this vehicle is,
what ever may be the number of people
sitting in it, always there will be one more
seat vacant i.e., If N people sit, There will be
(N+1) seats. It was originally made by Maya.
It was believed to move at the speed of
thought. What am I talking about?

22. 15*
Narada once resisted the efforts of Kamadeva to
disturb his penance and promptly declared his
achievement to Lord Vishnu. Later, Narada, himself
felt attracted to a young princess named
Viswamohini and asked Vishnu to give him a
distinctive appearance for her Swayamvar. Vishnu
granted Narada his wish, and gave him a truly
distinctive appearance, which Narada himself did
not realize at first and went to the Swayamvar,
where the princess did not choose him. Upon
realizing what form was bestowed on him by Lord
Vishnu, he promptly cursed the Lord. What form did
Lord Vishnu bestow on Narada?

23. 16
• Identify the ghost like
creature hanging from
the tree

24. 17
• People of all religions come
in thousands to offer flowers
and pray at the shrine and tie
cotton threads in the belief
that their wishes would be
fulfilled and they would be
blessed with an offspring.
The Saint's death anniversary
is celebrated during winter
with great devotion by his
followers. Which saint?

26. 18
Identify the lady
shown in the visual

28. 19
Originally called Ahimsaka, at one time he was
a brilliant student at the University of Taxila.
At Taxila, other students were jealous of him
and succeeded in poisoning their teacher’s
mind against him, with the result that the
teacher asked of him what he must have
believed would be an impossible honorarium,
Instead of giving up the young man set out to
get the honorarium, and was forced to resort
to violence and killing in order to obtain them.
What had the teacher asked for/ by what
name do we know Ahimsaka better?

29. 20*
The hill, known as the Triuchcharanattu Malai
in the village of Chitral in Kanyakumari
district, houses caves which are believed to
be the one time abode of the son of King
Siddartha. How do we know the son better?

30. 21
After killing Hiranyakashipu, Narasimha raged
on, unable to contain itself. The Gods were
afraid. Watching this, Shiva assumed the form of
X, a half bird, half animal and approached
Narasimha to restrain him. As the Gods
watched, the uncontrollable energy burst forth
out of Narasimha as a fierce creature named
Y. Legend has it that being equally matched,
they fought intensely for 18 days till Vishnu was
exhausted. Y is incidentally used in the official
emblem of a South Indian state. Name X and Y

31. 22
• Identify the award
• Identify the divine
weapon represented on
this award

32. 23
• Original logo for?
• As per Wikipedia,
this logo is believed
to be inspired by a
mythical creature
which arose out of
the Samudra Manthan
Name the creature

33. 24
• Name the divine lady
shown in this painting
• Whose head has been
severed here by her?

34. 25
Arjuna was in the Himalayas performing deep
penance. Worried, Duryodhana went to his friend X. X
was an asura who could turn his form at will. Arjuna
was deep in meditation, when he heard a loud snort.
After ignoring it initially, he saw a huge boar run
towards him. In a flash Arjuna picked up his bow and
let the arrow fly. X who had disguised himself as the
boar fell dead. Arjuna smiled and was about to go near
the boar when he heard a burst of laughter. Surprised
he turned and saw a hunter chief and his wife leading a
group of hunters who were obviously chasing the boar.
Name X. Who had assumed the form of a hunter chief?

35. 26
X, the daughter of Menaka abandoned soon after birth,
was sheltered by a great sage and grew to be the most
beautiful and most pious of all young women. Y, the
great grandson of Bhrigu, looked upon her with eyes of
love, and she was betrothed to the young Brahman. It
chanced that X was playing with her companions one
day and she trod upon a serpent, and it bit her, and she
expired. In grief, Y stole away alone and went to a
solitary place in the forest where he wept aloud. A
celestial messenger came and said that if he resigned
half of his life to the maiden, then she would rise again.
Y agreed and X rose again, with the agreement of Yama.
Name X and Y

36. 27
As per legend, once in Ajmer the soldiers of
Raja Prithviraj Chauhan refused to let X’s
followers have water from the lake Y. Upon
this X asked a follower to fetch some water in
a Mashkiza (a small bag for carrying water)
from the lake.As he filled the Mashkiza, the
water of the whole lake Y mysteriously
disappeared into it. This miracle caused
unprecedented awe in Ajmer. Name X and Y

37. 28
The ruler X was so passionate about his dream
fort that he issued a dictate that all labourers
in Delhi must work on his fort (now known as
Tughlaqabad fort) . Saint Y, a Sufi mystic, got
incensed as the work on his baoli (well) was
stopped. The saint uttered a curse “ Ya rahey
hissar, ya basey gujjar” which can roughly be
translated to" The Fortified City (Hissar) would
thrive only if the gypsies (gujjar) decide to
settle". Name X and Y

38. 29
The first ------------ of the 21st century was
inaugurated by President A P J Abdul Kalam
in January 2006. He said the massive
monolith statue of X symbolised self-control
and subjugation of ego. Fill in the blanks and
whose statue is being talked about.

39. 30
This excavated
mound in the village
of Gokul in Bogra,
Bangladesh is
believed to be the
“bashor ghor" or
wedding chamber of
two characters from
mythology. Name
the characters

40. s

41. 31
Legend says that in 1554, when the body
of X arrived in Goa 14 months after his death
on the island on Sancian, China, it was kept
for veneration and a Portuguese lady Dona
Isabel Carom is said to have bitten off a part
of his body to preserve as a personal relic.
Who is X? What part did she bite off?

42. 32
They reached the shores of Sanjan, on the
west coast of Gujarat in 721 AD, and within
five years of settling there, after taking
permission of the then Hindu king Jadav
Rana, the first ----- ------- in India was
consecrated. It later came to be known as
Iranshah. With which religion is the Iranshah
associated? Fill in the blanks

43. 33
A magical tale revolves around X’s stay with a
poor farmer, Lalo. A rich man of the area,
Malik Bhago had also invited X to stay with
him, but X chose to stay with Lalo. When
Bhago demanded an explanation for this
insult, X asked for chapattis from both Lalo
and Bhago. Then, holding them in either
hand, he squeezed the chappatis. Out fell
milk from Lalo's chapattis, a symbol of his
hard work. Who is X? And what is said to
have dropped out from Bhago’s chapattis?

44. 34
Identify the two deities

46. 35
As per the Puranas, X, as Y’s teacher, explains
to Y after his training what His mission will
be: "You have learned the art of discharging
arrows from Me. You will imbibe
transcendental knowledge from Shukadeva
Gosvami, and You will be awarded a powerful
weapon by Lord Shiva. Thereafter, you will
marry a woman named Padma from the
island of Simhala. Your mission is to re-
establish Sanatana-dharma. Name X and Y

48. 1*
------- means a stage set up to exhibit tricks
with snakes. In this festival snake charmers,
called -----, bring king cobras and other
snakes in cane baskets and perform
astonishing acts with them. The festival, is
celebrated in honor of the serpent Goddess
Manasa. Name the festival/ or fill in the
blanks.

49. Jhapan Mela
/ Jhampanias

50. 2
Identify the lady from
mythology shown in the
painting

52. Urvasi

53. 3
On one occasion, Parvati and Shiva were
engaged in a game of chess. Parvati wanted
to have an umpire and Chitranemi, a creation
of Shiva, was chosen. Chitranemi sided with
him most unjustly. This provoked Parvati's
anger and she cursed Chitranemi that he
should become a leper. When Chitranemi
begged Parvati's forgiveness she is said to
have relented and said that he would be
cured of his leprosy by observing the ---------
Vrata. Fill in the blanks

54. Varmahalakshmi

55. 4
The legend says that once when Shiva was
imparting wisdom to Parvati, she became
distracted by a beautiful peacock. Shiva then
cursed her to take birth as a peahen, telling
her that he would join her after she
worshipped him in the form of a Shiva
Lingam under a Punnai tree. After many
years of searching, the peahen finally found
such a Shiva Lingam in an area which is now
in South Chennai. The name of which place
takes its name from this legend?

56. Mylapore in Chennai-Mylapore is an
Anglicized form of "Mayilapur," which
literally means "City of the Peacock

57. 5*
Identify the deity

59. Sri Sudarshan Chakra

60. 6
Rukmini, the daughter of King Bhishmak of
Vidarbha, falls in love with Krishna. Her
brother Rukmi however disapproves and
arranges Rukmini's marriage to his friend,
King Shishupal of Chedi. Rukmini secretly
sends a message to Krishna, and together
they plan to elope. The day before her
marriage to Shishupal, Rukmini visits this
temple, where she meets with Krishna.
Which temple in Maharastra?

61. Ekvira Temple, Amaravati

62. 7
Her name signifies without any deformation.
To choose her husband, her creator Brahma
had a condition that the one who crossed the
three worlds first should take her hand. Who
are we talking about?

63. Ahalya

64. 8
An incident from which
mythological king’s life
is depicted in this
painting?

66. Raja Harishchandra

67. 9
The name of this hill comes after the Sage
who used to live here in the Treta Yuga.It is
also the place where Sugriva benefited from
the magical protection of the sage who had
placed a curse of death on Bali, if he dared
enter the area. Name the sage or the hill.

68. Matanga Hill- The visitor who makes
an effort to climb this hill will be
rewarded with a breath taking view
of the Hampi landscape.

69. 10*
What is the chair occupied by the head of the
Malankara church called?

70. The Throne of St Thomas (after the
apostle of Jesus Christ)

71. 11
During the course of the battle , he killed
approximately 10,000 soldiers, horsemen,
and elephant-men. He killed many ‘Maha
Rathis’, few of them are mentioned below:-
• Sushena
• Drighalochana
• Kundavedhin
• Rukmaratha, son of Salya
• Vrihadvala, King of Kosal
Who am I talking about?

72. Abhimanyu

73. 12
Identify this divine
being from mythology.

75. Dattatreya/ Sri Datta

76. 13
In Hindu mythology Yamuna is regarded as
the twin sister of which deity?

77. Yama

78. 14
The special characteristic of this vehicle is,
what ever may be the number of people
sitting in it, always there will be one more
seat vacant i.e., If N people sit, There will be
(N+1) seats. It was originally made by Maya.
It was believed to move at the speed of
thought. What am I talking about?

79. Pushpaka Vimana

80. 15*
Narada once resisted the efforts of Kamadeva to
disturb his penance and promptly declared his
achievement to Lord Vishnu. Later, Narada, himself
felt attracted to a young princess named
Viswamohini and asked Vishnu to give him a
distinctive appearance for her Swayamvar. Vishnu
granted Narada his wish, and gave him a truly
distinctive appearance, which Narada himself did
not realize at first and went to the Swayamvar,
where the princess did not choose him. Upon
realizing what form was bestowed on him by Lord
Vishnu, he promptly cursed the Lord. What form did
Lord Vishnu bestow on Narada?

81. The face of a monkey. Narada’s curse was the
following “Vishnu, I asked you to make me
beautiful so that I could get the heart of my
beloved and win my beloved, and instead you
turned me into a monkey. And now I’ve lost my
beloved, I curse you Vishnu! You will lose your
beloved, and endure the pains of separation
from her. And in order to get her back you’re
going to make friends with monkeys, and
monkeys are going to be your helpers, and your
saviors, and your devotees. And thus Vishnu
took birth as Rama

82. 16
• Identify the ghost like
creature hanging from
the tree

83. Betal of Vikram-Betal

84. 17
• People of all religions come
in thousands to offer flowers
and pray at the shrine and tie
cotton threads in the belief
that their wishes would be
fulfilled and they would be
blessed with an offspring.
The Saint's death anniversary
is celebrated during winter
with great devotion by his
followers. Which saint?

86. Salim Chisti

87. 18
Identify the lady
shown in the visual

89. Sujata, the lady who offered Gautama
Buddha food before he received
enlightenment

90. 19
Originally called Ahimsaka, at one time he was
a brilliant student at the University of Taxila.
At Taxila, other students were jealous of him
and succeeded in poisoning their teacher’s
mind against him, with the result that the
teacher asked of him what he must have
believed would be an impossible honorarium,
Instead of giving up the young man set out to
get the honorarium, and was forced to resort
to violence and killing in order to obtain them.
What had the teacher asked for/ by what
name do we know Ahimsaka better?

91. A thousand human little fingers of the
right hand/ Angulimala

92. 20*
The hill, known as the Triuchcharanattu Malai
in the village of Chitral in Kanyakumari
district, houses caves which are believed to
be the one time abode of the son of King
Siddartha. How do we know the son better?

93. Vardhaman Mahavira

94. 21
After killing Hiranyakashipu, Narasimha raged
on, unable to contain itself. The Gods were
afraid. Watching this, Shiva assumed the form of
X, a half bird, half animal and approached
Narasimha to restrain him. As the Gods
watched, the uncontrollable energy burst forth
out of Narasimha as a fierce creature named
Y. Legend has it that being equally matched,
they fought intensely for 18 days till Vishnu was
exhausted. Y is incidentally used in the official
emblem of a South Indian state. Name X and Y

95. X- Sharabha, Y- Gandaberunda

96. 22
• Identify the award
• Identify the divine
weapon represented on
this award

97. Paramvir Chakra, Vajra

98. 23
• Original logo for?
• As per Wikipedia,
this logo is believed
to be inspired by a
mythical creature
which arose out of
the Samudra Manthan
Name the creature

99. Dark Horse Records (founded by
George Harrison), Ucchaishravas

100. 24
• Name the divine lady
shown in this painting
• Whose head has been
severed here by her?

101. Mohini, Rahu

102. 25
Arjuna was in the Himalayas performing deep
penance. Worried, Duryodhana went to his friend X. X
was an asura who could turn his form at will. Arjuna
was deep in meditation, when he heard a loud snort.
After ignoring it initially, he saw a huge boar run
towards him. In a flash Arjuna picked up his bow and
let the arrow fly. X who had disguised himself as the
boar fell dead. Arjuna smiled and was about to go near
the boar when he heard a burst of laughter. Surprised
he turned and saw a hunter chief and his wife leading a
group of hunters who were obviously chasing the boar.
Name X. Who had assumed the form of a hunter chief?

103. Mookasura, Shiva

104. 26
X, the daughter of Menaka abandoned soon after birth,
was sheltered by a great sage and grew to be the most
beautiful and most pious of all young women. Y, the
great grandson of Bhrigu, looked upon her with eyes of
love, and she was betrothed to the young Brahman. It
chanced that X was playing with her companions one
day and she trod upon a serpent, and it bit her, and she
expired. In grief, Y stole away alone and went to a
solitary place in the forest where he wept aloud. A
celestial messenger came and said that if he resigned
half of his life to the maiden, then she would rise again.
Y agreed and X rose again, with the agreement of Yama.
Name X and Y

105. Pramadava/ Pramati, Ruru

106. 27
As per legend, once in Ajmer the soldiers of
Raja Prithviraj Chauhan refused to let X’s
followers have water from the lake Y. Upon
this X asked a follower to fetch some water in
a Mashkiza (a small bag for carrying water)
from the lake.As he filled the Mashkiza, the
water of the whole lake Y mysteriously
disappeared into it. This miracle caused
unprecedented awe in Ajmer. Name X and Y

107. X- Khwaja Garib Nawaz Moinuddin
Chisti, Y- Anasagar

108. 28
The ruler X was so passionate about his dream
fort that he issued a dictate that all labourers
in Delhi must work on his fort (now known as
Tughlaqabad fort) . Saint Y, a Sufi mystic, got
incensed as the work on his baoli (well) was
stopped. The saint uttered a curse “ Ya rahey
hissar, ya basey gujjar” which can roughly be
translated to" The Fortified City (Hissar) would
thrive only if the gypsies (gujjar) decide to
settle". Name X and Y

109. X- Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Y-
Nizamuddin Auliya

110. 29
The first ------------ of the 21st century was
inaugurated by President A P J Abdul Kalam
in January 2006. He said the massive
monolith statue of X symbolised self-control
and subjugation of ego. Fill in the blanks and
whose statue is being talked about.

111. Mahamastakabhisheka, Bahubali or
Gomateshwara

112. 30
This excavated
mound in the village
of Gokul in Bogra,
Bangladesh is
believed to be the
“bashor ghor" or
wedding chamber of
two characters from
mythology. Name
the characters

113. s

114. Behula, Lakhindar

115. 31
Legend says that in 1554, when the body
of X arrived in Goa 14 months after his death
on the island on Sancian, China, it was kept
for veneration and a Portuguese lady Dona
Isabel Carom is said to have bitten off a part
of his body to preserve as a personal relic.
Who is X? What part did she bite off?

116. X- St Francis Xavier, small toe from
right foot

117. 32
They reached the shores of Sanjan, on the
west coast of Gujarat in 721 AD, and within
five years of settling there, after taking
permission of the then Hindu king Jadav
Rana, the first ----- ------- in India was
consecrated. It later came to be known as
Iranshah. With which religion is the Iranshah
associated? Fill in the blanks

118. Zoroastrian, Atash Behram

119. 33
A magical tale revolves around X’s stay with a
poor farmer, Lalo. A rich man of the area,
Malik Bhago had also invited X to stay with
him, but X chose to stay with Lalo. When
Bhago demanded an explanation for this
insult, X asked for chapattis from both Lalo
and Bhago. Then, holding them in either
hand, he squeezed the chappatis. Out fell
milk from Lalo's chapattis, a symbol of his
hard work. Who is X? And what is said to
have dropped out from Bhago’s chapattis?

120. X- Guru Nanak, drops of blood
standing for the money he made by
torturing and exploiting the poor and
the weak

121. 34
Identify the two deities

123. Nara, Narayana

124. 35
As per the Puranas, X, as Y’s teacher, explains
to Y after his training what His mission will
be: "You have learned the art of discharging
arrows from Me. You will imbibe
transcendental knowledge from Shukadeva
Gosvami, and You will be awarded a powerful
weapon by Lord Shiva. Thereafter, you will
marry a woman named Padma from the
island of Simhala. Your mission is to re-
establish Sanatana-dharma. Name X and Y

125. Parashurama, Lord Kalki