A Quiz Club IIT Patna Quiz conducted by Priyansh on 09th May 2021. The quiz on Indian mythology interested one and all as every question of the quiz revealed an interesting story from Indian mythology. True to it's name, everyone came out a bit wiser after the quiz.

1. Shastrarth:
Indian Mythology Quiz
Quizmaster: PSR
S04_E15
9th
May, 2021

2. Rules
Quizmaster: PSR
Quiz Club IIT Patna
1. There are 25 questions.
2. All questions carry 1 point, with no negative marking.
3. You have to write answers in the template provided to
you.
4. At the end of the quiz, you have to send the template with
answers. (within time limit)
5. Do not try to G**gle the answers. It just spoils the fun for
everyone. Try to figure it out yourself.

3. Celebrating the occasion of
Mothers’ Day,
first five questions are based on
Mother-child relations and stories
from
Indian Mythology
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR

4. 1
Quizmaster: PSR
Quiz Club IIT Patna
She was the mother of 8 vasus. She killed 7 of them immediately after their
birth to grant them moksha, but she couldn't kill the 8th
one for a reason.
Her 8th
child was the student of Parshurama.
Had a boon of Iccha Mrityu.
And was a Brahmachari.
Who was his mother ?

5. Ganga
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

6. Quiz Club IIT Patna
When Rishi Kanva found her she was protected by Shakunta Birds.
She was the mother of boy who plays with lion cub.
This is how she raised him
Who was she ?
Quizmaster: PSR
2

7. Shakuntala
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

8. Quiz Club IIT Patna
The child (X) was born with 3 eyes and 4 arms.
His parents were inclined to disown him but were warned by an Akashvani, as his
time had not come. It also foretold that his extra body parts would disappear when
a certain person took the child into his lap and that he would eventually die at the
hands of that same person.
Who was that child (X) and what favour did his mother requested for.
Quizmaster: PSR
3

9. Shishupal;
Krishna (person) will forgive
his 100 mistakes
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

10. Quiz Club IIT Patna
The king loved both his wives equally but had no sons. Once sage
Chandakaushika visited his kingdom and gave the fruit to the king as a boon.
The king divided the fruit equally and gave it to both of his wives. Soon, both
wives became pregnant and gave birth to two halves of a human body, which
they throwed in the forest
A demoness named Jara had found the two pieces and held each of them in
her two palms. Incidentally, the two pieces joined giving rise to a living child.
Who was this child ?
Quizmaster: PSR
4

11. Jarashand
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

12. Quiz Club IIT Patna
He (X) is also known as Karm Phal Data, and a brother of Yamraj and Yamuna.
Since one of is foot is damaged he walks slowly.
Thus he takes 29 year to orbit around sun.
Who is the mother of X
Quizmaster: PSR
5

13. Chaya
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

14. Quiz Club IIT Patna
A great sage once cursed a hunter by saying
मा नषाद प्र तष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः।
यत्क्रौञ्च मथुनादेकमवधीः काममो हतम्॥
mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhā tvamagamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
yat krauñcamithunādekam avadhīḥ kāmamohitam
You will find no rest for the long years of Eternity
For you killed a bird in love and unsuspecting
This is also the first verse of a great epic.
Identity this epic.
Quizmaster: PSR
6

15. Ramayan
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

16. Quiz Club IIT Patna
Because X was from an earlier yuga, X was far taller and larger
than Y (whom she wants to marry), to reduce her size X, Y
tapped his plough, his characteristic weapon on her head or
shoulder and she shrunk to the normal height of people in Y’s
age.
Identify X and Y.
Quizmaster: PSR
7

17. X: Revati & Y: Balram
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

18. Quiz Club IIT Patna
The given picture depicts Krishna hiding or
running in a cave from a warrior whom he
couldn't defeat. This warrior can only be
defeated by someone’s penance, as shown in the
picture the sage (more precisely a king burned
him down into the ashes with the power of his
penance). This undefeatable warrior also called
Krishna as X, which is still one of his famous
name.
Identify the name X.
Quizmaster: PSR
8

19. Ranchhod
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

20. Quiz Club IIT Patna
One of the Mahabharata character is also referred as “Kapidhwaja”
which literally means one with monkey banner on his chariot.
(Kapi – Monkey; Dhwaja – Flag).
Identity the character.
Quizmaster: PSR
9

21. Arjun
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

22. Quiz Club IIT Patna
When X was in his mother’s womb, various teachings were expounded
to him by his father, who was himself a famed scholar and sage. One
day, in the process of transmitting the teachings, his father made 8
mistakes. X, the unborn child, interrupted him, indicating him to
correct his 8 mistakes. Unfortunately, his father lost his temper and
cursed the child to be born with 8 types of deformities.
Identify X
Quizmaster: PSR
10

23. Ashtavakra
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

24. Quiz Club IIT Patna
Identify the object that is in
the hands of this intelligent
bear.
Quizmaster: PSR
11

25. Syamantaka Mani
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

26. Quiz Club IIT Patna
After Pandavas were made aware of the fact X. Yudhisthira got
very upset as a result of which he cursed all the women
generations, with not being able to hide any secrets.
What was the fact X.
Quizmaster: PSR
12

27. Karna was their brother
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

28. Quiz Club IIT Patna
When Lord Vishnu cut the Head of Demon Swarbhanu (now Rahu-Ketu) with
Sudarshan Chakra, few drops of Blood & Saliva (having essence of amriti) fell
down on earth.
It is said that X and Y originated from the same drops of blood & saliva. For
this reason, whenever we consume X and Y, the mouth smells strange but still
has its own medicinal properties.
Also, X and Y is not offered to God because of its tamasic properties
What are X and Y?
Quizmaster: PSR
13

29. X: Onion
Y: Garlic
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

30. Quiz Club IIT Patna
Once king Y accidentally steps into an enchanted forest which transforms him
into women. In effort to revert the spell the king seeks out Lord Shiva. Shiva
told him that that he can't revert it but she will oscillate between the gender
on monthly basis, without having memory of the other genders life. The
female counter is also popularly known as Ila. She on falling in love with X
produces a baby who starts the line of Chandravanshis.
Who is X ?
Quizmaster: PSR
14

31. Budh
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

32. Quiz Club IIT Patna
When Arjun killed Bhishma using Shikhandi as a shield (which was unfair), the
Vasus cursed Arjun that he would be killed by his own son. When X heard this,
she motivated Y to have a battle with Arjun resulting in his death. And later, X
resorted the life of Arjun using Nagamani.
Identify X and the mother of Y.
Quizmaster: PSR
15

33. X: Ulupi
Y: Chitrangada
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

34. Quiz Club IIT Patna
Ramayana : Sita : Ravana : Vibhishana : Kumbhkaran,
Mahabharata : X : Duryodhana : Yuyutsu : Y
Quizmaster: PSR
16

35. X: Draupadi
Y: Vikarna
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

36. Quiz Club IIT Patna
Identity this famous Indian Web Series by the title of its episodes
● Episode one: Ashwathama
● Episode two: Halahala
● Episode three: Atapi Vatapi
● Episode four: Brahmahatya
● Episode five: Sarama
● Episode six: Pretakalpa
● Episode seven: Rudra
● Episode eight: Yayati
Quizmaster: PSR
17

37. Sacred Games
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

38. Quiz Club IIT Patna
When these two birds were young they used to compete as to who could
fly higher. On one such instance X flew so high that he was about to get
seared by the sun's flames. Y saved his brother by spreading his own
wings and thus shielding X from the hot flames. In the process, Y himself
got injured and lost his ability to fly.
These two were also the nephews of Garuda.
Identify X and Y.
Quizmaster: PSR
18

39. X : Jatayu,
Y : Sampati
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

40. Quiz Club IIT Patna
When X was a young child, His father, Y asked him to receive education from
Lord Brahma. So X went to Brahma and asked him the meaning of Om.
Brahma confessed that he didn’t have any answer. X told that since he did not
have an answer, he was not qualified to teach. And X went back to his father,
and asked, ‘What is the meaning of Om?’ Y also replied that he had no answer.
X agreed to tell the meaning only if he was given the place of a guru by Y.
Identity this father-son pair where the Son (X) was the guru of his Father(Y).
Quizmaster: PSR
19

41. X : Kartikeya,
Y : Shiva
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

42. The demon Dambodbhava asked a boon from Surya Dev, for having 1000
divine shield (kavach), which can be removed only by someone who has done
a 1000 year of penance and after fighting him for 1000 year. At a time only
one shield could be removed and whoever will remove it will die at an instant.
The avatar(s) of Vishnu “Nar and Narayan” managed to removed 999 shields of
the demon with their penance and mrit sanjeevani vidhya. But when it was the
time for removing the last one, Lord Surya protected him.
Later this Demon was reborn as X with Surya as his father and with one shield,
and was killed collectively by Y and Z.
Identity X, Y and Z.
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
20

43. X: Karna,
Y & Z: Arjun & Krishna
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

44. Quiz Club IIT Patna
Given the constellation is famous as
Saptarishi (the seven sages), one of
the rishi X is with his wife Y as shown,
while the rest of 6 were ignored by
their husbands. These of the six wives
also served as the mother of Kartikey
when they live separately from their
husbands.
Identity the Sage X and his wife Y.
Quizmaster: PSR
21

45. X: Vashistha
Y: Arundhati
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

46. Quiz Club IIT Patna
Chandra was married to 27 daughters of
Daksh Prajapati, but he favored one of his
wife (personified as “nakshatra” in the pic) the
most.
People born in this nakshatra have excellent
manipulative skills and are also beautiful, thus
Vishnu chooses this nakshatra to born in form
of Krishna.
Identity this nakshatra (his wife).
Quizmaster: PSR
22

47. Rohini
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

48. Quiz Club IIT Patna
The Hindu calendar is completely based upon phases of moon, thus often
classified as lunar calendar. The English calendar (Georgian Calendar) is
completely based upon phases of sun, thus called as solar calendar.
Interestingly one of the Hindu festival always/nearly coincides with a date of
Georgian Calendar because this festival accounts a special position of Sun.
Identity this festival.
Quizmaster: PSR
23

49. Makar Sankranti
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

50. Quiz Club IIT Patna
The calculations and prediction in
Hindu Astrology is done by keeping
the Earth as stationary, and rest of the
plants moving relatively to it. The
given figure shows two nodes (eclipse
windows) which are also termed as X
and Y in Hindu Mythology.
Identify X and Y.
Quizmaster: PSR
24

51. Rahu and Ketu
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

52. Quiz Club IIT Patna
A child named X was the son of a King and one of his queens. The king had one more
son Y, who was born from his second queen. The king liked his second queen more.
One day, when the king was playing with his son Y in his lap, X came and wanted to
play in his father’s lap too. But queen (mother of Y) did not like this and asked X to go
to Lord Vishnu and receive his blessings to become her son so as to get the right to
sit in the king’s lap.
Insulted, he became determined and he kept on praying. Vishnu became happy at
the child’s meditation and blessed him that he would become a great and intelligent
king. He would become immortal as the ‘X Tara’ (A star which is immovable and
constant).
Identity X
Quizmaster: PSR
25

53. Dhruv Tara
Quiz Club IIT Patna
Quizmaster: PSR
Ans

54. THANK YOU