Q 01/05

Krishna and Rama are both avatars of which Hindu god?

A) Shiva

B) Vishnu

C) Brahma

D) Indra

Answer · why

B) Vishnu

Most Vaishnava lists make Rama the seventh and Krishna the next of the ten Dashavatara; Krishnaite traditions go further and treat Krishna as the sour...

Q 02/05

In which city was Krishna born, according to Hindu tradition?

A) Ayodhya

B) Mathura

C) Varanasi

D) Ujjain

Answer · why

B) Mathura

The birthplace is marked today by the Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex, built over what tradition says was an underground prison.

Q 03/05

Who were Krishna's birth parents?

A) Nanda and Yashoda

B) Kunti and Pandu

C) Devaki and Vasudeva

D) Rohini and Shurasena

Answer · why

C) Devaki and Vasudeva

The foster parents in Gokul are the ones who actually raised him after the swap on the night of his birth.

Q 04/05

What relation was the tyrant Kamsa to Krishna?

A) His paternal grandfather

B) His elder brother

C) His father-in-law

D) His maternal uncle

Answer · why

D) His maternal uncle

Kamsa had imprisoned his own cousin Devaki and killed her earlier children after a prophecy foretold his death.

Q 05/05

According to the prophecy Kamsa heard at Devaki's wedding, which of her children would kill him?

A) The eighth

B) The first

C) The fifth

D) The seventh

Answer · why

A) The eighth

Kamsa killed Devaki's earlier children one by one; the seventh, Balarama, was transferred to Rohini's womb and the eighth was smuggled out to Gokul.