SB Canto 2 Chapter 5

Q 1. What are the characteristics of an inquisitive student to receive transcendental knowledge from a qualified spiritual master?

Surrender
Submissive inquiries
Service attitude
Knowledge

Q 2. Knowledge received by ________________ is more effective than knowledge received ____________.

Self-examination, Introspection
Eyes, ears
Submissive inquiries and service, in exchange for money
Contemplation, theories

Q 3. What are the three things that are observed by any intelligent man in this material world?

The living beings, The manifest world, and the ultimate control over them
Goodness, Passion & Ignorance
Living entities, Paramatma & Para brahman
None of the above

Q 4. Why did Nārada Muni inquired Brahma about the cause & symptoms of the cosmic manifestation?

Since Brahma is the creator of the manifested universe so he would know the answers perfectly
Since Brahma is his father and a son should always enquire his father
Since Narada is aware that Brahma is working under the direction of the Supreme Lord
All of the above

Q 5. The word ahaṅgrahopāsitā refers to

One who believes that Supreme God does not need to worship anyone, including Himself, in order to become God
The processes for transcendental realization without aiming to become God
Brahma since he worshiped some superior authority
One who aims to become God by worshipping himself

Q 6. The “The frog in the well” (Ref. Sb. 2.5.10) example explains that like a frog who cannot imagine length and breadth of an ocean.

a. It is not possible for a materialist to imagine the duration of life of Brahma
b. It is not possible for a material scientist to imagine inconceivable potencies of the Supreme Lord
c. Jivas get illusioned by powerful activities of Brahma
d. Both a & b

Q 7. The illusory energy of the Lord cannot take precedence, being _______ of her position, but those who are bewildered by her always talk ______.

Aware, whimsically
Mindful, submissively
Ashamed, nonsense
Cognizant, selfishly

Q 8. What are the five elementary ingredients of creation referred in Sb. 2.5.14?

Identity, intelligence, mind, false ego & eternal time
Spiritual world, material world, purusha, prakriti & Jiva
Earth, water, fire, air and sky
None of the above

Q 9. SB 2.5.14 states that the five elementary ingredients of creation, the interaction thereof set up by eternal time, and the intuition or nature of the individual living beings are all differentiated parts and parcels of the Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, and in truth there is no other value in them.
We understand from the purport that:

a. Nothing in the creation is independent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
b. Internal potency of the Lord is a display of the effulgence of the Lord whereas gross and subtle elements of nature are independent of Lord’s effulgence
c. Spiritual existence is only real part and parcel of Personality of Godhead
d. Both a & b

Q 10. Inspired by Him only, I discover what is already created by Him [Nārāyaṇa] under His vision as the all-pervading Supersoul, and I also am created by Him only.

a. Brahma, the creator of the universe, does not actually create anything but only discovers what is created by the Supreme Lord
b. Brahma is a creation of the Lord & he is empowered by the Lord to create the universe
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above

Q 11. What is NOT true regarding the modes of material nature?

a. Supreme Lord is unaffected by its influence and it is subordinate to the Lord
b. The Lord is beyond the perception of the material senses of the living entities because of the three modes of nature
c. The living entities were originally pure & not meant to be so conditioned by material energy
d. None of the above

Q 12. _________ is the first of the five elements that is generated from _________.

Water, causal ocean
Earth, greed
Fire, anger
Sky, false ego

Q 13. Which of the following is True?

From the mode of ignorance, the mind is generated
The sense organs like the ear, skin, nose, eyes, tongue etc. are generated from the mode of Passion
Intelligence and living energy is generated from mode of goodness
When the air is transformed in course of time and nature’s course, water is generated

Q 14. What is a pre-requisite for a material body comes into existence?

Five elements
Mind and Senses
Modes of material nature
All of the above

Q 15. From whose navel sprouts a lotus stem, and on the lotus, Brahmā, the lord of the universe, is born?

Mahā-Viṣṇu
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu
Mahat-tattva
Virat Rupa

Q 16. Although the universal form, as imagined by the great philosophers, is one of the features of the Lord, it is more or less ________.

Imaginary
Real
Factual
Beyond sense perception

Q 17. Which part of Lord’s body is represented by kṣatriyas & vaiśyas?

Arms, belly
Chest, thighs
Chest, legs
Arms, thighs

Q 18. There are how many planetary systems within this universe

Twelve
Fourteen
Sixteen
Twenty-four

Q 19. Which is the topmost of planetary system situated on the head of the Virat form of the Lord?

Satyaloka
Spiritual planets
Bhuvarloka
Tapoloka

Q 20. The lower planetary system is ________ and is situated on the _______ of Lord’s Virat form.

Mahatala, ankle
Vitala, feet
Patala, sole of the feet
Rasatala, shanks

Bhagavat Life – English

Canto 1 – Creation

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Kaushal Mehta September 22, 2022

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