Teams are requested to wait for their turn and not argue with quizmasters as their decisions are final. Questions are worth 1 point each unless stated otherwise and teams have 3 minutes to answer each question before it passes to the next team. Cheating will lead to disqualification. The document provides the rules for a Ramayana quiz competition between 4 teams and includes 25 multiple choice questions about characters, places and events in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
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2. RULES OF THE QUIZ
1. Teams are requested to wait for their turn
2. Dont argue with the quizmasters. Their decisions are final and binding.
3. Each question carries one point unless stated otherwise.
4. Time limit for each question is 3 minutes.
5. If any candidate if found cheating then it will lead to disqualification of the team.
6. If a team is unable to answer then the question will be passed on to the next team.
7. The adults in a team can only give educational hints to the children unless stated
otherwise.
3. Team A : Richa Krish, Tara
Team D: Tanay, Mishtu, Seema
Team B : Rishi, Anshita,
Rummy
Team C : Amitav, Dhruv,
Shalini
4. Question 1: Ramayana, the great Indian epic, which
every Indian child grows up learning about, is also the
world's longest poem, with over 3 million verses.
Which city is described as the birthplace of the main
protagonist, Lord Rama?
14. Question 6 : What is the
connection between the Gayatri
mantra and the Ramayana?
15. The Valmiki Ramayan has
24,000 verses. The first
letter that comes after
every 1000 verses of the
Ramayana forms the
Gayatri Mantra. This
mantra is the essence of
this sacred epic. The
Gayatri Mantra was first
mentioned in the Rigveda.
16. Question 7 : What was the name of
the forest where Lord Rama,
Lakshmana and Goddess Sita
stayed during exile?
21. During Ramas exile, Lakshman decided
to stay awake for 14 years. He requested
Nidra Devi, the Goddess of Sleep not to
give him sleep for 14 years so that he can
be awake and guard Rama and Sita.
Nidra Devi was impressed with his
dedication and granted him the boon.
This is the reason why Lakshmana is also
known as Gudakesh. This was a very
strong condition which made him capable
of killing Meghnad. Meghnad had a boon
that he can only be killed by a Gudakesh,
a person who has defeated sleep.
23. Ravana is a devotee of
Lord Shiva. To impress
the Lord, he actually
sacrificed his head. Each
time he sacrificed his
head, it actually grew
back. This happened for
10 times until Lord Shiva
granted 10 heads to
Ravana which signifies
the 6 shastras and 4 vedas
that Ravana mastered.
24. Question 11 : Where did Janak
find Sita and who was her
original mother?
25. Sita is actually not the real daughter of
King Janaka but actually the daughter of
Bhumadevi or mother earth, found by
the King in the fields. Sita is actually the
manifestation of Goddess Lakshmi and
her love story with Rama is believed to
be one of the oldest and famous love
stories of all time.
27. Ram is the 7th reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, and after Krishna, is considered to be
Vishnus most important avatar. Ram is also seen to be the ideal man and a perfect
human, not physically but mentally and spiritually.
31. Rama's victory over Ravana is
celebrated as Diwali by
Hindus. It is the festival which
started when Rama came back
to Ayodhya after defeating
Ravana
33. According to the family
hierarchy, Rama was to be the heir to the
throne. But jealousy engulfed Dasharath's
second queen Kaikayi. Due to a long
unfulfilled promise, she asked Dasharath to
banish Rama to a 14 year exile and make
her son, Bharata the King.
34. Question 16 : How many main
chapters (Kandas) does
Ramayana contain?
35. The Great Epic Ramayana is
traditionally divided into seven
Kandas(books), which are the
following :
Bala Kanda
Ayodhya Kanda
Aranya Kanda
Kishkindha Kanda
Sundara Kanda
Yuddha Kanda
Uttara Kanda
Each Kanda deals with a
particular period of Ramas life
in chronological order.
36. Question 17 : Who was the
Family priest of Dasharatha?
37. Vashishtha is one of the
oldest and most revered Vedic
rishisHe is one of
the Saptarishis (seven
great Rishis) of India.
Vashishtha is credited as the
chief author of Mandala
7 of Rigveda Vashishtha and
his family are mentioned in
Rigvedic verse 10.167.4 other
Rigvedic mandalas and in
many Vedic texts. His ideas
have been influential and he
was called as the first sage of
the Vedanta school of Hindu
philosophy by Adi Shankara.
45. Maricha
In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Maricha, or Mareecha is a
rakshasa, who is killed by Rama, the hero of the epic and an
avatar of God Vishnu. He is mentioned as an ally of Ravana,
the antagonist of the epic. His most notable exploit is his role
in the kidnapping of Sita, Rama's wife. His son Kalanemi was
killed by Hanuman.