The document is a 20 question yoga quiz with multiple choice and fill in the blank questions. Some of the questions are marked with asterisks to help resolve ties. The questions cover topics like identifying yoga poses in images, names of yoga practitioners, the history and origins of certain poses, and events related to popularizing yoga.

1. DEPRIVED OF SHAVASANA
A quiz on yoga as part of World Yoga
Day Celebrations

2. NAMESAKE RULES SLIDE
• The quiz will have 20 questions
• * Marked questions resolve ties,if any
• Some questions contain two parts,each part
carries a point each
• If tie persists after star marked questions,they
will be resolved by means of sudden death
from question #1
• Above all,do NOT copy
• Goodluck

3. 1)
• In the next slide you will see a poster designed
by artist Rob Osborne depicting superheroes
and comic characters performing yoga
postures
• Simply identify the two characters performing
Purna Navasana(BOAT) and Adho Mukha
Swanasana(DOWNWARD FACING DOG)
• Keep in mind that these characters are
represented the way they are in the comics
and not the way you see them in movies

5. 2)*
• On June 8,a large team of yoga experts got together at this
famous landmark in Salisbury to perform mass yoga in
preparation for the yoga day celebrations.
• "X is the UK's most powerful and popular historic location. It's
a magical place. What can be a better place to perform and
promote yoga where history and folklore suggest that the
_____ emit positive energy and are termed as healing _____,"
said Dinesh Patnaik, Deputy High Commissioner of India in
London.
• Give me X.
• (Blanks are helpful in identifying the landmark)

6. 3)

7. • In the previous slide,you saw a meme trolling
PM Narendra Modi's recently released video
of him performing yoga.He uploaded this as a
response to another celebrity's fitness video
challenging all Indians.Who?

8. 4)

9. • In the previous slide,you saw an image of
Justin _______ doing a yoga pose known as
mayurasana.Years ago his father Pierre,the
former prime minister of a certain country had
done this but there was no social media back
then for it to go viral.Fill in the blanks or tell
me who is the person in the image.

10. 5)
• He was born as Ajay Mohan Bisht on 5 June
1972 in Panchur,UP(present day
Uttarakhand)He left his home around the
1990s to join the Ayodhya Ram temple
movement. He came under the influence of
Mahant Avaidyanath, the chief priest of the
Gorakhnath Math and became his disciple.
Subsequently, he was given the name X.He
started a militant wing known for frequent
violent activities in UP,known as Hindu

11. 6)
• This is the YOGA tablet,a multimode tablet
that offers the users a choice among multiple
positions to which it can be adjusted hence
the name
• Simply identify the Chinese company that
launched it
• (Image in next slide)

13. 7)
• What has been blanked out

14. 8)
• _____ defines yoga as "yogas chitta vritti
nirodha" or stilling the mind in order to
experience Ultimate Reality. _____ is an
Indian consumer goods company.
Manufacturing units and headquarters are
located in the industrial area of Haridwar.
while the registered office is located at Delhi.

15. 9)
• What has been blanked out(Look closely at
the image)

16. 10)
• The longest day of the year in the northern
hemisphere (shortest in the southern
hemisphere), having special significance in
many parts of the world., the summer solstice
marks the transition to Dakshinayana. The first
full moon after summer solstice is known as
Guru Poornima. Dakshinayana is also
considered a time when there is natural
support for those pursuing spiritual
practices.What selection was made after

17. 11)
• He was born as Ramakrishna Yadav in
Mahendragarh,Haryana. He claims he became
paralyzed when he was two & half and was later
cured by practicing Yoga.While living in Kalwa
Gurukul in Jind district, Haryana, he offered free yoga
training to villagers.Then he moved to Haridwar in
Uttarakhand, where he practiced self-discipline and
meditation, and spent several years studying ancient
Indian scriptures at Gurukul Kangri
Vishwavidyalaya.He has lately entered the field of
business and shows an interest in political
issues.Who?

18. 12)
• The ministry of youth affairs and sports had
made a historic decision in 2015 which was
later reversed.However 11 colleges under
Delhi University have made reservations in
compliance with the earlier decision of the
ministry.What is the anomaly in the quota that
the ministry itself disagrees with

19. 13)
• Identify the movie

20. 14)
• Early yogis were inspired by the things they
saw in their surroundings to formulate and
name asanas,thus giving us postures like
bhujangasana (cobra pose),halasana (plough
pose) etc.
• The posture in the next slide is one of the few
that though named after an animal,doesn't
emulate it's whole body,rather a part of it
• Which animal,what part?(Image follows)

22. 15)
• This is Andrey Stadnik,a Ukranian wrestler
who won the silver medal in the 66kg men's
freestyle at the Beijing Olympics en route to
which he best India's Sushil Kumar in the
quarter finals.
• However the reason why he is featuring in this
yoga quiz is entirely different.In a way he
helped demonstrate the immense strength
that can be had from the practice of yoga.He
was at the losing end of a 12-0 bout in the pro

24. 16)
• Contrary to popular belief, this pose is much
more than mere relaxation.It takes yoga to a
place where you can completely let go.It
signifies the final surrender to the greater self
and can be very difficult to learn and practice
as the ability to lie completely still while being
fully aware of the surroundings takes a lot of
practice.Which Asana am I talking
about,widely deemed to be the easiest pose
in yoga.

25. 17*)
• Identify this yoga guru who is widely believed to be the man
who popularised yoga in the West and passed away in August
2014.

26. 18)
• Which animal has been blanked out?

27. 19*)
• The following are the stages in what yogic activity?Pranamasana
• Hasta utthanasana
• Pada hasthasana
• Ashwa sanchalasana
• Dandasana
• Ashtanga Namaskara
• Bhujangasana
• Parvatasana
• Ashwa sanchalasana
• Padahasthasana
• Hasta utthanasana
• Pranamasana

28. 20)
• According to a new york times report from
1984,X,an Indian squadron leader was to do 3
yoga exercises several times for 5 days,one for
25 minutes,one for 35 minutes,one for an
hour.This was done to examine the effects of
something he did in the same year on various
bodily functions.Who is is X and what did he
do?

31. 1)
• In the next slide you will see a poster designed
by artist Rob Osborne depicting superheroes
and comic characters performing yoga
postures
• Simply identify the two characters performing
Purna Navasana(BOAT) and Adho Mukha
Swanasana(DOWNWARD FACING DOG)
• Keep in mind that these characters are
represented the way they are in the comics
and not the way you see them in movies

33. • Thor
• Wonder Woman

34. 2)
• On June 8,a large team of yoga experts got together at this
famous landmark in Salisbury to perform mass yoga in
preparation for the yoga day celebrations.
• "X is the UK's most powerful and popular historic location. It's
a magical place. What can be a better place to perform and
promote yoga where history and folklore suggest that the
_____ emit positive energy and are termed as healing _____,"
said Dinesh Patnaik, Deputy High Commissioner of India in
London.
• Give me X.
• (Blanks are helpful in identifying the landmark)

35. Stonehenge

36. 3)

37. • In the previous slide,you saw a meme trolling
PM Narendra Modi's recently released video
of him performing yoga.He uploaded this as a
response to another celebrity's fitness video
challenging all Indians.Who?

39. 4)

40. • In the previous slide,you saw an image of
Justin _______ doing a yoga pose known as
mayurasana.Years ago his father Pierre,the
former prime minister of a certain country had
done this but there was no social media back
then for it to go viral.Fill in the blanks or tell
me who is the person in the image.

41. • Justin Trudeau,current prime minister of
Canada

42. 5)
• He was born as Ajay Mohan Bisht on 5 June
1972 in Panchur,UP(present day
Uttarakhand)He left his home around the
1990s to join the Ayodhya Ram temple
movement. He came under the influence of
Mahant Avaidyanath, the chief priest of the
Gorakhnath Math and became his disciple.
Subsequently, he was given the name X.He
started a militant wing known for frequent
violent activities in UP,known as Hindu

43. • Yogi Adithyanath

44. 6)
• This is the YOGA tablet,a multimode tablet
that offers the users a choice among multiple
positions to which it can be adjusted hence
the name
• Simply identify the Chinese company that
launched it
• (Image in next slide)

46. • Lenovo

47. 7)
• What has been blanked out

48. • Chakras

49. 8)
• _____ defines yoga as "yogas chitta vritti
nirodha" or stilling the mind in order to
experience Ultimate Reality. _____ is an
Indian consumer goods company.
Manufacturing units and headquarters are
located in the industrial area of Haridwar.
while the registered office is located at Delhi.

50. • Patanjali

51. 9)
• What has been blanked out(Look closely at
the image)

52. • Yoda

53. 10)
• The longest day of the year in the northern
hemisphere (shortest in the southern
hemisphere), having special significance in
many parts of the world., the summer solstice
marks the transition to Dakshinayana. The first
full moon after summer solstice is known as
Guru Poornima. Dakshinayana is also
considered a time when there is natural
support for those pursuing spiritual
practices.What selection was made after

54. • Summer Solstice falls on June 21
• Yoga day was selected on this basis

55. 11)
• He was born as Ramakrishna Yadav in
Mahendragarh,Haryana. He claims he became
paralyzed when he was two & half and was later
cured by practicing Yoga.While living in Kalwa
Gurukul in Jind district, Haryana, he offered free yoga
training to villagers.Then he moved to Haridwar in
Uttarakhand, where he practiced self-discipline and
meditation, and spent several years studying ancient
Indian scriptures at Gurukul Kangri
Vishwavidyalaya.He has lately entered the field of
business and shows an interest in political
issues.Who?

56. • Baba Ramdev

57. 12)
• The ministry of youth affairs and sports had
made a historic decision in 2015 which was
later reversed.However 11 colleges under
Delhi University have made reservations in
compliance with the earlier decision of the
ministry.What is the anomaly in the quota that
the ministry itself disagrees with

58. • Yoga is considered as a sport

59. 13)
• Identify the movie

60. • Kung Fu Yoga

61. 14)
• Early yogis were inspired by the things they
saw in their surroundings to formulate and
name asanas,thus giving us postures like
bhujangasana (cobra pose),halasana (plough
pose) etc.
• The posture in the next slide is one of the few
that though named after an animal,doesn't
emulate it's whole body,rather a part of it
• Which animal,what part?(Image follows)

63. • Camel
• It's hump

64. 15)
• This is Andrey Stadnik,a Ukranian wrestler
who won the silver medal in the 66kg men's
freestyle at the Beijing Olympics en route to
which he best India's Sushil Kumar in the
quarter finals.
• However the reason why he is featuring in this
yoga quiz is entirely different.In a way he
helped demonstrate the immense strength
that can be had from the practice of yoga.He
was at the losing end of a 12-0 bout in the pro

66. • Baba Ramdev

67. 16)
• Contrary to popular belief, this pose is much
more than mere relaxation.It takes yoga to a
place where you can completely let go.It
signifies the final surrender to the greater self
and can be very difficult to learn and practice
as the ability to lie completely still while being
fully aware of the surroundings takes a lot of
practice.Which Asana am I talking
about,widely deemed to be the easiest pose
in yoga.

68. • Shavasana

69. 17*)
• Identify this yoga guru who is widely believed to be the man
who popularised yoga in the West and passed away in August
2014.

70. • BKS Iyengar

71. 18)
• Which animal has been blanked out?

72. • Frog

73. 19*)
• The following are the stages in what yogic activity?Pranamasana
• Hasta utthanasana
• Pada hasthasana
• Ashwa sanchalasana
• Dandasana
• Ashtanga Namaskara
• Bhujangasana
• Parvatasana
• Ashwa sanchalasana
• Padahasthasana
• Hasta utthanasana
• Pranamasana

74. • Surya Namaskara

75. 20)
• According to a new york times report from
1984,X,an Indian squadron leader was to do 3
yoga exercises several times for 5 days,one for
25 minutes,one for 35 minutes,one for an
hour.This was done to examine the effects of
something he did in the same year on various
bodily functions.Who is is X and what did he
do?

76. • Rakesh Sharma,space travel