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Exercise
Answer the following question:
(1) Who was Dasharatha?
(ii) Who was the eldest son of Dasharatha?
(ii) Where did Kaikeyi save Dasharatha?
(iv) Who was Ravana?
(v) Who killed Ravana?
(vi) Who helped Rama in the battle?
(vii) Who constructed the Rama Setu?
(vii) Who were the brothers of Rama?
(ix) What was the name of the kingdom of Dasharatha?
Answers
Answers:
1) Who was Dasharatha?
Ans: King Dasharatha was father of Lord Rama and king of Ayodhya.
(ii) Who was the eldest son of Dasharatha?
Ans: Lord Rama was the eldest son of Dasharatha.
(ii) Where did Kaikeyi save Dasharatha?
Ans: Kaikeyi saved Dashratha in a battle where Dashratha was going to be killed.
(iv) Who was Ravana?
Ans: Ravana was a demon with 10 heads and he was king of Lanka.
(v) Who killed Ravana?
Ans: Lord Rama killed Ravana with his Brahmastra.
(vi) Who helped Rama in the battle?
Ans: Rama was helped by many people in the battle like Lakshmana, Hanuman, etc..
(vii) Who constructed the Rama Setu?
Ans: Rama Setu was constructed by Vanara sena or Vanara army under Lord Hanuman.
(vii) Who were the brothers of Rama?
Ans: Lakshmana, Bharat and Shatrughan were the brothers of Lord Rama.
(ix) What was the name of the kingdom of Dasharatha?
Ans: The kingdom of Dasharatha was Ayodhya.
Answer:-
Ramayan is a maha - kavya written by Valmiki. It is about the story of lord Ram.
Your answers:-
- Dasharatha was the father of lord Ram.
- The eldest son of Dashratha was Ram.
- Kaikeyi saved Dashratha in a battle in which he was going to die.
- Ravana was the king of denom land - lanka.
- Ravana was killed by Ram.
- The people who helped lord Ram in the battle against Ravan were:- The king of kishkindha and the vanar samaj - Sugriv, Hanuman, Nal, Neel, Vibhishan - Ravana's brother, etc.
- The Ram Setu was mostly constructed by Nal and Neel with the help of other vanars.
- Lord Ram had three brothers namely Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughan.
- The name of the kingdom of Dashratha was Ayodhya.