Supreme Lord
The Yadava dynasty in which Krishna appeared descended from _______.
a) Sun
b) Moon
c) Kinnaras
d) Gandharvas
b) Moon
According to Vasudev, changes of body are due to the flickering of----- (10/1/42)
a) the mind
b) the karma
c) the thinking
d) the feeling
a) the mind
When speaking of Krishna katha, _______ is/are purified.
a) The preacher
b) One who inquires
c) The people in general who listen
d) All the above
d) All the above
Everyone worshipped Lord Vishnu by reciting Vedic mantras known as the ______.
a) Brahma Samhita
b) Vishnu Sahasra namah
c) Purusha-sukta
d) All the above
c) Purusha-sukta
The pastimes of Kṛṣṇa are known as:
a) Vraja-līlā
b) Māthura-līlā
c) Dvārakā-līlā
d) All of them
d) All of them
Kaṁsa, a representative of the --------, was always ready to kill Kṛṣṇa, or God, whereas Vasudeva represents a ---------to whom Kṛṣṇa is born (10/1/43)
a) Intelligence, distressed
b) Devotee, ignorant
c) Demons, transcendentally situated
d) transcendentally situated, devotee
c) Demons, transcendentally situated
Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva with all other demigods approached to the shore of the ocean of________.(10/1/20)
a) Salt water
b) Milk
c) Sugarcane juice
d) Liquor
b) Milk
The Lord’s pastimes called nitya-līlā because: (10/1/23/):
a) The Lord is appearing in the innumerable universes at every moment
b) There is no time factor that interferes with the Lord’s pastimes
c) The Lord is eternal, so are His pastimes
d) None of the above
a) The Lord is appearing in the innumerable universes at every moment
The Supreme Personality of Godhead generally appear in a kṣatriya family:
a) To become the King and enjoy the earthly kingdom
b) To protect the human race
c) Both a) and b)
d) none of them
b) To protect the human race
When a fire, for some unseen reason, leaps over one piece of wood and sets fire to the next, the reason is destiny. Similarly, when a living being accepts one kind of body and leaves aside another, there is no other reason than unseen destiny. This analogy is given by (10.1.51)
a) By pariksit maharaj
b) Sukadev goswami
c) Vasudev
d) All of them
c) Vasudev
One should take shelter at the lotus feet of Krsna because: (Text 10/1/5-7/)
a) He gives everyone liberation, even if one is not a pure devotee like Kaṁsa
b) By taking shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one comes under the safest protection
c) He provides immediate protection
d) All the above
d) All the above
In the spiritual world the Lord’s potency works as -----, acts upon the ----souls , and in the material world the same potency works as --------, acts upon the ----souls (10/1/25)
a) yoga-māyā, conditioned, mahā-māyā,liberated
b) mahā-māyā, conditioned yoga-māyā, liberated
c) yoga-māyā, liberated, mahā-māyā,conditioned
d) mahā-māya, liberated, yoga-māyā, conditioned
c) yoga-māyā, liberated, mahā-māyā, conditioned
Kṛṣṇa has currently appeared to diminish the burden of the world by: (10/1/22)
A) Kṛṣṇa has appeared by His name, in the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement
B) Eliminating the demoniac states by natural calamities
C) Killing the demoniac people through fatal diseases
D) All the above
A) Kṛṣṇa has appeared by His name, in the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement
Vasudeva promised to give Kaṁsa all the children born of Devakī because:( 10/1/49,50,58)
a) Vasudeva was eager to see Kṛṣṇa appear as his child from the eighth pregnancy of Devakī
b) He wanted to save the life of Devakī.
c) So that Kaṁsa will give up this immediate threat, and if in due course of time, Kaṁsa dies, he don’t have nothing to fear
d) All the above
Ans: d) All the above
The Sura-strī (all the wives of the demigods ) appeared in different families: (10/1/23/)
a) to enrich the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
b) to be trained to live with Kṛṣṇa, to be transferred to the original Goloka Vṛndāvana
c) to give pleasure to the Lord
d) All the above
d) All the above
Nārada's intention in advising Kaṁsa to not spare any of Devakī’s children was: (10/1/65-66)
a) So that Kaṁsa would increase his sinful activities and that Kṛṣṇa would soon appear to kill him
b) to test Kaṁsa’s state of mind
c) to unnecessarily put Devakī’s children into difficulty
d) All of the above
a) So that Kaṁsa would increase his sinful activities and that Kṛṣṇa would soon appear to kill him