5 interesting question related to Mahabharata
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Why did krishna lived with pandavas?
Who gave Bhishma the boon that he would die only when he wished?
Question From Quiz: The Great Mahabharatha
Answer: Shantanu
He was given the boon when he promised Satyavati's father that he wouldn't marry.
2 Who was the daughter of Dhritarashtra?
Question From Quiz: Mahabharata
Answer: Dushala
Dhritarashtra had 101 sons and one daughter, who was named Dushala.
3 "The foreign reader...is at once struck by two features: in the first place its unity in complexity; and, in the second, its constant efforts to impress on its hearers the idea of a single centralized India, with a heroic tradition of her own as formative and uniting impulse." Who wrote this about the Mahabharata?
Question From Quiz: Mahabharata - Kingship Knows No Kinship!
Answer: Sister Nivedita (Margaret Elizabeth Noble)
Jawaharlal Nehru (the first Indian Prime Minister) has written in his book 'The Discovery of India': "In the Mahabharata, a very definite attempt has been made to emphasize the fundamental unity of India, or Bharatvarsha (the land of Bharata) as it was called, from Bharata, the legendary founder of the race," (the people were called Bharatasantati or the descendants of Bharata.)
India does indeed show a deep underlying unity in spite of great diversity.
The quotation given in the question has been taken from 'A Source Book in Indian Philosophy' by Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, OM, FBA. He was the first Indian Vice-President and went on to become the second President. It is his birthday which is commemorated by the Indian Teacher's Day celebrated every year on the fifth of September throughout the country since 1962.
Sister Nivedita was an Anglo-Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda. The word 'nivedita' literally means "dedicated to God" in Hindi.
4 Let us start off with a straightforward one. The Great War lasted for _____ days.
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18
Question From Quiz: The Mahabharata
Answer: 18
The Great War lasted for eighteen days. The first ten days were under the command of Bhishma. The next five days were taken over by Dronacharya. Radheya took charge for two days and Salya for the last day.
5 Who was King Santunu's first wife?
Question From Quiz: The Mahabharata
Answer: Ganga
King Santunu got married twice. His first wife killed 7 of his 8 sons and his second wife, who was called Satyavati, rowed a boat on a lake.