General Knowledge
Riddles
Pramukh Swami Maharaj
Mahant Swami Maharaj
Smruti from MSM 2025
100
What is the term for animals that only eat plants?
Herbivore
100
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
100
Pramukh Swami Maharaj's childhood and parents' names?
Shantilal Patel, Motibhai and Diwaliben Patel
100
What is Mahant Swami Maharaj's childhood name and his parents' names?
Vinu Patel, Dahiben and Manibhai Patel
100
What was different about Mahant swami's pagh, what was the event and the date of event?
Bapa wore his pagh Shastriji Maharaj style, 1000 Nakkar Vidvan Felicitation Ceremony, Saturday 1 March 2025
200
What gas do plants absorb from the air during photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
200
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter 'm'
200
What is Pramukh swami's birthdate (Gujarati and English) and birthplace?
7 December 1921 (Magshar sud 8, VS 1978), Chansad
200
Where and what did Mahant Swami Maharaj study in college?
Agriculture in Anand
200
What animal was taken to Bapa on 30th March, Sydney?
Bonus Point!!!! - Which Santo took the animal to Bapa
By Dharmesh Patel
Kangaroo
Bhaktinidhi Swami and Keshavsankalp Swami
300
What is the name of the world’s largest ocean?
Pacific Ocean
300
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
Echo
300
How many sadhus were initiated by Pramukh Swami in January 1971
Over 850
300
When did MSM receive his initiation? and where?
11 May 1961, Gadhada
300
What was the most prominent thing Bapa said at the conclusion of Karyakar Suvarna Mahotsav in Sydney?
"Āvo sundar samāj, badhi rite, manthi khās badhā e khubh unchi sthiti pāmi che etle ĀVO SAMĀJ MUKINE KEM JAVĀY"
400
How many bones are there in the adult human body?
206
400
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
400
What is Pramukh Swami's favourite Vachanamrut?
Gadhada III – 7 (iron nail)
400
Swami Keshavjivandas was appointed as the head of which mandir after being initiated as sadhu in what year?
Dadar Mandir (Mumbai), 1961
400
What sankalp did Bapa make on the day of Tapomurti Nilkanth Varni Murti Pratishtha Mahotsav? What was the reason why Bapa likes the murti so much? And what did Bapa say one will attain by the darshan of this murti?
"Ahi satsang khubh vadhe e vichār"
"Ā ananta jivo nā moksh mate, etle priya chhe"
Bapa said one who does darshan of this murti will attain moksh and whatever sankalp one makes in front of this murti will also be fulfilled.
500
What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Vatican City
500
A man goes out for a walk during a storm with nothing to protect him from the rain. He doesn’t have a hat, a hood or an umbrella. But by the end of his walk, there isn’t a single wet hair on his head. Why doesn’t the man have wet hair?
He's bald
500
In which year was Pramukh Swami initiated and what was his sadhu name?
Thereafter, he was appointed as the president of the sanstha. How old was he? And which year did this take place in?
1940, Narayanswarupdas, 28, 1950
500
On what date did:
1) Pramukh Swami Maharaj appoint Mahant Swami as his spiritual successor?
2) Mahant Swami become the Sixth Guru?
20 July 2012, 13 August 2016
500
What did Bapa say in his āshirwād during the Melbourne Swagat sabha? What actions did Bapa perform?
Bapa talks about samp, divyabhāv and nishthā
Bapa clapped for us after saying "Māharāj, Swāmi ane satpurush no swagat samp, divyabhāv ane nishthāthi karyo. Tethi ame khubh rāji thaya chhe"
Yogibapa used to say that if everyone keeps samp, I will stay for another 50 years, so understand the mahimā of samp.
Everyone who worships God is divya - this is the quintessence. Anyone who understands, aims and thinks this becomes engrossed.
Shastriji Maharaj was born for Aksharbrahma ni nishthā. No one can have Akshar Purushottam nishthā - was considered khunyu-gnan - but Shastriji Maharaj announced this in public with full faith and lived by it. Shastriji Maharaj used to say, "ā mundāvyu chhe te Akshar Purushottam mate mundāvyu" - Bapa says this while rubbing his head.
Bapa concludes by saying, In this way, I pray that Australia grows with samp, divyabhāv and nishthā.
