| 201 | Who sends a chariot to Rama during the war with Ravana? | Indra. |
| 202 | Who accompanies Dasharatha when he visits the Devas to help them in the war against the Asuras? | Kaikeyi. |
| 203 | Who was the father of Jamadagni? | Richika. |
| 204 | Who was Parashurama’s father? | Jamadagni. |
| 205 | What did Vamana ask from King Bali? | Land equivalent to his three paces. With one pace he measured the earth. With the second pace he measured the heaven and asked Bali where should he place his third pace. Ball asked Vamana to place his foot on his, Ball’s, head. |
| 206 | What was the name assumed by Nala when he was transformed into an ugly Dwarf? | Bahuka. |
| 207 | Who was the king of Mahishmati who had defeated Ravana? | Kartaviryarjuna. (Also known as Sahasrarjuna) |
| 208 | Who was the mother of Yadu? | Devayani. |
| 209 | What does Shiva do when Ravana tries to lift Kailasa? | He presses it down with his toe. |
| 210 | On the battlefield when Bhishma fell, how did Arjuna provide him a bed? | By shooting a few arrows into the ground. |
| 211 | What was the name of Krishna’s conch-shell? | Panchajanya. |
| 212 | When Bhishma wanted to drink water while lying on a bed of arrows during the battle of Kurukshetra, who fulfilled his wish? | Arjuna provided the water by shooting an arrow deep into the ground. |
| 213 | What job did Bhima do at Virata’s palace? | Cook. |
| 214 | From whom does Ravana seize control of Lanka? | From his step-brother, Kubera (also known as Vaishravana). |
| 215 | Who inspired Valmiki to sing of Rama? | Narada. |
| 216 | Who were Pradyumna’s parents? | Rukmini and Krishna. |
| 217 | Why doesn’t Rama enter Lanka for the coronation ceremony of Vibhishana? | Since Rama had been exiled to the forests, he did not’ think it fit to bring a break in the period of exile by entering the capital city. |
| 218 | Why did Sage Kanva name the child of Menaka as Shakuntala? | Because he saw Shakunta birds (peacocks) gathered around the child. |
| 219 | Who tries to prevent Hanuman from entering when he makes the leap to Lanka and reaches the city wall? | Lanka Lakshmi also called Lanka Devi. She was the guardian deity of the city, |
| 220 | What was the name of the mountain on which Arjuna performed tapas to please Shiva? | Indrakeela. |
| 221 | Name two generals in the monkey army. | Nala, Neela, Jambavan. |
| 222 | Who told Bhima how to kill Jarasandha? | Krishna. |
| 223 | What was the vehicle of Shiva? | Nandi, the bull. |
| 224 | Who was the mother of Ganesha? | Parvati. |
| 225 | How does Ganesha get the head of an elephant? | Shiva cuts off Ganesha’s head. When Parvati sees this, she feels very upset. She insists on bringing him back to life immediately. Shiva replaces Ganesha’s lost head with that of an elephant. |
| 226 | What happened when Hiranyakashipu kicked the pillar in his palace? | Out of the pillar emerged Narasimha – Vishnu in the form of man-lion. |
| 227 | Where did Krishna shift his people from Mathura? | Dwaraka. |
| 228 | Where in modern India is Prabhasa, a place of pilgrimage in ancient days, where the Yadavas fought among themselves? | In Saurashtra on the west coast. |
| 229 | When the Pandavas handed over the Kingdom to Parikshit, whom did they entrust with the task of guiding the king? | Yuyutsu. |
| 230 | Why did Krishna want to kill Kaliya? | Kaliya had poisoned the water of Yamuna, as a result of which even trees on its banks dried up and many human lives were lost. |
| 231 | Jamadagm had something which Sahasrarjuna wanted. What was it? | The cow – Kamadhenu. |
| 232 | How many brothers did Ravana have? | His two brothers were Vibhishana and Kumbhakarna. He had a half brother named Kubera. (Khara and Dushana are also referred to as brothers in some texts.) |
| 233 | What was the relationship of Maricha and Ravana? | Maricha was the maternal uncle of Ravana. |
| 234 | Where did Dushyanta and Shakuntala meet? | In the hermitage of Sage Kanva. |
| 235 | Where did Luv and Kush narrate the story of Rama (Ramayana)? | At the court of Rama. |
| 236 | What did an Akshauhini consist of? | An Akshauhini consisted of 21,870 chariots, equal number of elephants, 65,160 horses and 1,09,350 soldiers. |
| 237 | Who was Aghasura? | Aghasura was a huge serpent who was waiting for Krishna to enter his mouth, so that he could swallow him. |
| 238 | How did Krishna kill Aghasura? | After entering the mouth of Aghasura, Krishna became bigger and bigger, suffocating the wicked Asura. This also helped the cowherds to safely come out of the dead Aghasura’s mouth. |
| 239 | Who were the twins among the Pandavas? | Nakula and Sahadeva. |
| 240 | When the Pandavas had gone on a hunting expedition, the barking of one of their hunting dogs was silenced by seven arrows, stuck in its mouth. When Arjuna saw this, he was dumbfounded at the skill of the archer. Identify the archer. | Ekalavya. Genealogy of Rama: The genealogy of Rama is traced to Vishnu, h Ragkuvamsham, Kalidasa gives a great account q, Dilipa – Raghu – Aja – Dasharatha. |
| 241 | Who burnt the 60,000 sons of Sagara? | SageKapila. |
| 242 | When Rama and Lakshmana are injured who ordered Hanuman to bring the herbs needed to revieve them? | Sushena. |
| 243 | Why did Dushyanta forget Shakuntala? | When Sage Durvasa visited Kanva’s ashram, Shakuntala was lost in the thoughts of Dushyanta. He cursed her, “May he forget you, in whose memory you are now lost.” (It must be noted however that the original version in the Mahabharata does not mention this. This version is found in Abhijnana Shakuntalam by Kalidasa.) |
| 244 | How did Savitri trick Yama to bring her husband back to life? | She asked for a hundred sons. After granting that boon, Yama had to give back the life of Satyavan. |
| 245 | Who was Dyumatsena? | He was Satyavan’s father. |
| 246 | How much portion of the kheer got from Putrakameshti Yajna did Dasharatha give Kausalya? | Half the portion. |
| 247 | In whose ashram did Rama meet Shabari? | Sage Matanga. |
| 248 | What was the name of Kamsa’s father? | Ugrasena. |
| 249 | Where did Arjuna meet Subhadra for the first time? | InDwaraka. |
| 250 | How did Krishna come to be called Ranchod (the one who shunned the battle)? | Because he avoided giving battle to Jarasandha and went to Dwaraka from Mathura alongwith his people. |
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