Conducted under the aegis of QuNITe NIT Jamshedpur.

1. THE RAMA QUIZ
By: AMRITANSH TIWARI
2019UGPI012

2. 1. LINEAGE (1 Mark)
• This famous book on the life of Ram is a modern
adaptation from Valmiki’s Ramayana.It gets its
name from Ram’s another name which is even
mentioned in NCERT Sanskrit Books though in
English Translation. Its name can be interpreted
as belonging to ____ which is another name to
Rama’s Raghu dynasty. Id the book and it’s
famous writer.

3. 2. INDIA ( 2 Marks)
• All our mythology may vanish, even our Vedas may
depart and our Sanskrit language may vanish forever,
but so long as there will be five Hindus living here, even
if only seeking the most vulgar patois, there will be the
story of X present.
• Id X who is termed to be equivalent to India and as an
ideal Indian by this famous person Y, who quoted this.

4. 3. SPECIAL (1 Mark)
Connect these points to a mythological character
• Vedanta school of philosophy
• Kamdhenu cow
• 7th book of Rigved
• Guwahati Ashram
• Sage with some rage
• Vishwamitra issue

5. 4. KING (2Marks)
• Among other creatures such as monkeys, vulture, bear etc.
Helping Ram in Ramayana, there was an integral part being played
by another creature was in the army but not in the real role but in
some other form. It was quite helpful doing so.
• Id the infamous creature and it’s respected form.

7. 5. PUT FUNDA(1 Mark)

8. 6. A tale of 2 men ( 2 Marks)
• These 2 men played pivotal roles in our both major
epics.
• X is quite famous guy in Ramayana and played even
more crucial role in Mahabharata with Arjun’s Savior in
the same form as in Ramayan.
• Y is Ahankari in Ramayana but gets betrayed by Karna
who fakes the identity of Brahmin to learn the necessary
warrior traits from him after which he is cursed by Y who
becomes furious to know he is not what he wanted.
• Id X and Y if both were important in Mahabharat.

9. 7. SACRIFICE ( 1 Mark)
• The Ramayana is a tale of sacrifices made by all of the family
members of Rama. But the greatest unnoticed sacrifice was made
by someone who could never be noticed much in the story. This
person was always out of limelight focussed on serving the whole
dynasty without even getting acknowledgement. Even the stories,
folklores etc. Have quite less to say about the person. This is
because the person wasn’t directly related to Rama, though the
sacrifices made were quite relatable. In fact, this person is
famous for sleeping. Don’t get misled.
• Id the person. Remember it is the greatest uncovered sacrifice.

10. 8. SECULAR THINGS (3 Marks)
• X was an overambitious and highly controversial project taken by
Indian Government in 2006 to remove a very important structure Y
which is debatable to be real or man-made. Muslims and Hindus
both have claims over this structure in their own mythological
explanations.
• The Hindu claim is related to Ram and Muslim claim is related to a
their origins.
• The Y paves the way to Z which is actually claimed by Christians
and Buddhists too.
• I’d X, Y and Z

11. 9. THE KANNAUJ CONNECTION (3 Marks)
• Kannauj is a city in Uttar Pradesh which is quite infamous for its
historic as well s mythological connection.
• In Ramayana era, it had an ancient name X which was used as the
classification of Brahmins of that area. This linked it to the
infamous person Y who also lived till Yudhishthir’s reign though
had nothing to do with Mahabharat.
• In history this place can be termed as the seat of another person Z
with similar characteristics leading to downfall of the country.
• Id X, Y and Z.

12. 10. GUESS THE CITY AND ITS FOUNDER (2
Marks)
• X is a modern day city in a particular country, which has its
foundations attributed to Y after whom the city was named as Y
puri. Distorted form of Y puri resulted in the present name of the
city X.
• Id X and it’s founder Y, who got fame in a world famous Yajna.

13. 11. MARYADA PUSRUSHOTAM ( 2 Marks)
• XY is the name of a movie based on life of Rama , released in
1943, directed by Vijay Bhatt casting Prem Adib and Shobhna
Somnath.
• This movie covers his story after his return from 14 years exile and
the circumstances under which Sita was exiled again. This movie
was the first Indian movie to be premiered in The USA. This movie
was also helpful in inciting Indian emotions for the undergoing
developments.
• Id the movie XY.

14. ANSWERS
1. The Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish Tripathi
2. Sita and Swami Vivekananda
3. Vashishtha
4. Sheshanag and Lakshman
5. Rama heading for exile after Kaikeyi’s blessing.
6. Hanumana and Parashuram
7. Urmila
8. Sethusamudram, Adam’s Bridge and Peak
9. Vibhishana and Jai chandra
10.Lahore and Lav (Lava)
11.Ram Rajya

15. JAI SHRI RAM