Deck 3: Gazals, Mythology, and Literature

Question 1

What is hidden in the rhythms of Mayurakshi?

A)death and renewal
B)life
C)history of the village
D)all of them

Answer 1

death and renewal

Question 2

Who/what controls the life in the village?

A)ruler
B)government
C)nature
D)tarini

Answer 2

nature

Question 3

Mostly, the lyrics of gazals are written in ……. Language.

A)hindi
B)urdu
C)arabic
D)persian

Answer 3

urdu

Question 4

Which singer is mentioned in Ghazal?

A)pankajudhas
B)nusratfateh ali khan
C)amjad ali khan
D)gulam ali

Question 5

What was the theme of Gulam Ali's gazal?

A)mansion
B)lost love
C)lament
D)road

Question 6

What breaks at the window of harmonium?

A)singer's voice
B)eye-beam
C)melody of grief
D)none of these

Question 7

The unrelishable tragedy of debit and credit is portrayed on …….

A)calendar
B)tabla
C)stage
D)none of these

Question 8

The counting is the rhythm/and the rhythm is time/ and the time is …….

A)sound
B)music
C)rhythm
D)beat

Question 9

Who multiplied their far-off wing beats on table?

A)doves
B)wandering parrots
C)myriad migratory birds
D)vultures

Question 10

Where does the man of wisdom meditate?

A)under the tree
B)under the electric tree
C)under the bunyan tree
D)under the fig tree

Question 11

What is going to swallow earth?

A)black hole
B)a monster
C)ghost
D)serpent of time

Question 12

What is drippingfrom the daily newspaper?

A)blood
B)news
C)water
D)honey

Question 13

What feeling is filled in the mind after the completion of the gazal?

A)emptiness
B)happiness
C)sadness
D)none of these

Question 14

According to mythologies, Yama is the god of ……

A)sea
B)sky
C)life
D)death

Question 15

What is the major theme of Act IV of Abhinjanasakuntalam?

A)meeting of dushyanta and sakuntala
B)marriage of dushyanta and sakuntala
C)departure of sakuntala from kanwashrama
D)reunion of dushyanta and sakuntala

Question 16

Which among the following works does not belong to Kalidasa?

A)vikramorvaseeyam
B)ramacharita
C)raghuvamsha
D)meghadoothu

Question 17

Who is the foster child of MaharshiKanwa?

A)dheergapangan
B)sargarava
C)goutami
D)sakuntala

Question 18

Who cursedSakuntala?

A)durvasa
B)vasishta
C)viswamitra
D)kanwa

Question 19

Partner of the bird Chacravaka was hidden by a ……..

A)tree
B)lotus leaf
C)kusha grass
D)amra tree

Question 20

What is the name of the creeper looked after by Sakuntala?

A)anasooya
B)dheergapangan
C)amra
D)madhavi

Question 21

Which woman accompanies Sakuntala to the mansion of her husband?

A)priyamvada
B)anasooya
C)goutami
D)none of these

Question 22

Which object will relieve Sakuntala from the effect of Durvasa's imprecations?

A)bangle
B)chain
C)earrings
D)wedding ring

Question 23

According to the damsels of Sakuntala, Duravasa has a ……….. nature.

A)bad
B)choleric
C)very good
D)unpredictable

Question 24

According to which rites, Dushyanta married Sakuntala?

A)rakshasa
B)kanya-dana
C)gandharva
D)none of these

Question 25

Who blessedSakuntala in the voice of Kokila?

A)hermits
B)women
C)maharishi kanwa
D)wood nymphs