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Sample Ramayana Quiz Questions
1) Who wrote Valmiki Ramayana?
2) This is the name of the city which King Janaka ruled. What is the name?
3) This is the name of the city which King Dasaratha ruled. What is the name?
4) King Dasaratha has four sons: name them.
5) Who is mother of Shatrughna?
6) Who is Kaikeyi’s son?
7) Why is Lakshmana called Saumitri?
8) What does the word “Hanumath” mean? Who gives him this name?
9) Why did Indra throws his thunderbolt against Hanuman when Hanuman is a mere
child?
10) Who is mother of Hanuman?
11) Who is mother Anjana married to?
12) Who teaches Hanuman all the scriptures and Sastras?
13) King Dasaratha performs Yagnya to get children. He gets “Payasa” and he gives
half of this to which wife?
14) What is name of second son of Dasaratha?
15) Name two sons of Sumitra?
16) Who is Rsyasringa? How does he help Dasaratha in Rama’s birth?
17) Who is Gadhi’s son who comes to Dasaratha’s court seeking help to conduct
Yagnyas?
18) Who are sons of Tataki?
19) Who is father of Maricha (Sunda)
20) Who is father of Subahu (UpaSunda: brother of Sunda)
21) Of the two sons of Tataki, Rama kills one of them and the other is injured. Who is
the one that gets killed
22) Viswamitra tells a story to Rama: Demon Virochana is killed by Indra.
Virochana’s son Bali is killed by this avatar of Vishnu (Vamana)
23) Who is ancestor of Rama who brings river Ganga down to earth? (Bhagiratha)
24) Ansuman, Dilipa, Bhagiratha (ove three generations) try to bring Ganga to earth.
Why?
25) What can you learn by efforts of Bhagiratha and his ancestors to bring down
Ganga?
26) What is “Siddhasrama”? Whose ashram is this?
27) After abducting Sita, Ravana kills this vulture. Name the bird: (Jatayu)
28) What is the name of the vulture whose brother is killed by Ravana?
29) Rama meets Hanumath on the bank of which river? (Pampa)
30) Who kills Dundubhi?
31) What is the name of the river that city of Ayodhya is situated at? (Sarayu)
32) Why does Visvamitra take Rama, Lakhsmana to forest? (To kill two demons
Maricha and Subahu)
33) King Dasaratha had eight counselors (ministers). Who is main minister to King
Dasaratha? (Sumantra)
34) King Dasaratha had two family priests. Name one (Vasistha and Vamadeva)
35) Who is mother of Ravana?

Sample Ramayana Quiz Questions
36) Who is maternal grand father of Ravana? (Sumali)
37) Who is father of Ravana? (Visrava or Paulastya)
38) Who is paternal grand father of Ravana? (Pulastya)
39) Who is main wife of Ravana? (Mandodari)
40) Who is father of Mandodari ? (Diti’s son Maya)
41) Who are two main brothers of Ravana?
42) How does king Guha help Rama, when Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita go to forests
as ascetics on request of Dasaratha?
43) According to Ayodhya Kanda of Ramayana, this river flows near Citrakuta
mountain. What is name of the river?
44) Where does the phrase “Nandigram” appear in Ayodhya Kanda?
45) Vaisravana is lord of riches and is half-brother of Ravana. He is evicted from
Lanka by Ravana. Ravana also takes his Pushpaka Vimana. What is Vaisravana’s
other name?
46) Who is wife of Meghanath?
47) Who is wife of Vibhishina? (Sarama the daughter of Sailusa King of Gandharvas:
section 12 UttaraKanda)
48) Who is wife of Kumbhakarna? (Vajrajvala daughter of Virochana; related to Bali)
49) What is the name of mountain on which city of Lanka is situated on?
50) What are the names of two spies that Ravana sends to spy on Monkey army?
(Suka and Sarana)
51) When crossing ocean in search of Sita, Hanuman encounters this mountain who
offers him rest when crossing the ocean. What is the name of the mountain?
52) When crossing ocean in search of Sita, Hanuman encounters this demon who tries
to kill him when crossing the ocean? What is the name of the demon?
53) When crossing ocean in search of Sita, Hanuman encounters this creature sent by
Devas to test him. Who is it or what is the name?
54) Before Rama, there are two kings who defeated Ravana in war. What is the name
of the one king who defeated Ravana in battle? Which city is ruled by the king?
55) Same as in previous question, What is name of second king? What is the city
ruled by him?
56) Who built city of Lanka? (Kubera asks Viswakarma to build the city)
57) Who is father of Sita?
58) Who is mother of Sita?
59) Who is wife of Bharatha?
60) Who is wife of Shatrughna?
61) After Rama and Sita come back to Ayodhya (after killing Ravana), Shatrughna
rules this city. What is the name of the city?
62) Who is wife of Sugriva?
63) Who is chief of Ravana’s armed forces (Senapati)?
64) This son of Vali kills Prahasta in battle? Who is he? (Angada)
65) This vanara kills Akampana in war. Who is he (Hanuman)
66) Ravana’s sister Kumbhinasi is married to this Danava King. What is the name of
the king?
67) Various natural forces gave their powers to Vanaras: Hanumath got powers from
Vayu: he is son of Vayu. Nila is son of which god?

Sample Ramayana Quiz Questions
68) Hemakuta is son of which god?
69) Mainda and Dvivida are sons of which gods?
70) Suesna is son of which god?
71) Dadimukha is son of which god?
72) Nala is son of which god?
73) Vali is son of which god?
74) Tara the most intelligent of all monkeys is daughter of which god? (Brihaspati)
75) Sugriva is son of which god? (Sun)
76) Jambavan is created from which god, while the god is yawning?
77) Who is the physician of the Vanara Army?
78) During the war both Rama and Lakshmana become unconscious briefly by the
Nagapasa (snake-arrow). Who is the Rakshasa warrior that conjured it?
79) Which Vanara defeats Indrajit during the battle?
80) Who is the Ikshvaku king who digs deep pits so that ocean can rest? Vibhishina
says that because of this help from his ancestors of Rama, the Varuna god would
surely help Rama cross the ocean.
81) Ravana sends an emissary to Sugriva to seek friendship and asks him to return to
Kishkinda. What is the name of the emissary?
82) Dandaka Forest is named after this ancestor of Rama?
83) Another name of Dandaka Forest is ….?
84) What boon does Kumbakarna obtain from Brahma?
85) Name two kandas of Ramayan?
86) How many kandas (Chapters) of Ramayan are thete in the Sanskrit epic?
87) The Naimisa forest is situated near which river? Rama starts Aswamedha
Sacrifice here.
88) Who is husband of Ahalya?
89) Who is the woman who gives Rama fruits to eat?
90) Who teaches secrets of Bala and Athibala to Rama and Lakshmana ?
91) Who is Sravana?
92) In Dandaka forest there is a Rakshasa named Khara. How is related to
Vibhishina?
93) Who is sage Atri’s Wife?
94) When does Rama break the bow of Siva?
95) After returning to Ayodhya from Lanka, Rama wants to perform a Rajasuya
Sacrifice. Which brother advises him against it?
96) How is King Yudhajit (king of Kekaya) related to prince Bharata?
97) Who are two sons of Bharata? (Taksha, Puskala)
98) Who are two sons of Lakhsmana? (Angada, Candraketu)
99) While Rama converses with Kaala (Time) and asks not to be disturbed, a sage
wants to visit him. What is name of the sage?
100) What is Medini mountain made of? (bones of two asuras Madhu and
Kaitabha)
101) When and where Hanuman kills Ravana’s son Akshya Kumar?
102) Which Vanara is not affected (stays awake) when Indrajit uses Brahma
weapon, but Rama and Lakshmana become unconscious?
103) Who kills Indrajit in war?

Sample Ramayana Quiz Questions
104) Who is Trijata?
105) Who instructs “Aditya Hrudayam” to Rama?
106) Towards the end of Rama Avatar, while Rama converses with Kaala
(Time), Lakshmana disturbs the conversation because of Sage Duravasa. For this
infraction, Lakshmana has to leave royal palace and leave Rama for ever. (True
or False)
107) Who kills Kumbhakarna in the battle?
108) Why did not Hanuman rescue Sugriva from Vaali, since he is Sugriva’s
minister and he (Hanuman) can defeat Vaali in war?
109) What can you learn from Vaali’s character?
110) What can you learn from Sabari’s character?
111) What can you learn from the character of Lakshmana?