answers to navratri quiz

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DEAR NEELAMJI,

the trickiest question is the 4th one...the location of 4 shakteepeeths.....

 

but still.. to the best of what i judged...kurukshetra is shaktipeeth of devi savitri

varanasi is shaktipeeth of devi Visalakshi

Madurai is shaktipeeth of devi meenakshi

kaannchi is that of devi kamakshi....

though according to some devotees 2nd & 3rd options too could be right ...MAYBE , i'm

NOT SURE...anyway..U R going to tell the right answers in the end...My answers to the quiz are as follows ........

 

 

 

Questions

 

 

Which of these is not one of the Nav Durgas

 

 

 

 

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Kalaratri

 

 

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Katyayini

 

 

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Kamakhya

 

 

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Kushmanda

 

 

 

Which of these is not one of the 8 siddhis of Siddhidatri

 

 

 

 

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Garima

 

 

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Mahima

 

 

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Anima

 

 

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Ishima

 

 

 

Which weapon was given by Yamraj to Goddess Durga to fight Mahishasur

 

 

 

 

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Axe

 

 

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Rod

 

 

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Sword

 

 

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Thunderbolt

 

 

 

Four of the Shakti peethas are located at these places in India :

 

 

 

 

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Tripura, Ubali, Kaalighat, Magadh

 

 

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Mithila, Jwalamukhi, Mansa, Mathura

 

 

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Karnat, Kanchi, Somnath, Magadh

 

 

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Kurukshetra, Varanasi , Madurai , Kaanchi

 

 

 

The shakti peethas in Bangladesh are located at these places.

 

 

 

 

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Jayanti, Behalia, Kmarkhara, Jessore

 

 

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Jessore, Jayanti, Chittagong , Sylhet

 

 

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Sylhet, Moishkhal, Behalia, Jessore

 

 

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Hidagari, Jayanti, Chittagong , Shibgunj

 

 

 

Which is true about Devi Mahatmya.

 

 

 

 

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70 shlokas in Sanskrit in Matsya Purana

 

 

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700 shlokas in Sanskrit in Markandeya Purana

 

 

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700 shlokas in Prakrit in Markandeya Purana

 

 

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7 shlokas in Pali in Bhagvat Purana

None of the above

 

 

 

Lakshmi's emergence s connected with the Samudra Manthan. Which of these did not emerge in this manthan.

 

 

 

 

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Surbhi

 

 

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Urvashi

 

 

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Rambha

 

 

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Varuni

 

 

 

When Goddess Lakhmi appeared out of the sea of milk, she was named Gajalakshmi because,

 

 

 

 

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Her gait was like an elephant's

 

 

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She was mounted on an elephant

 

 

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Elephants sprinkled water on her

 

 

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She carried elephant's tusk in her hand

 

 

 

Who among the following is the consort of Lord Vishnu?

 

 

 

 

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Uma

 

 

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Kali

 

 

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Durga

 

 

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Lakshmi

 

 

 

Which script was supposed to have been invented by Goddess Saraswati?

 

 

 

 

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Pali

 

 

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Indus

 

 

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Kharoshti

 

 

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Devanagri

 

 

 

In which of the following Shakti Pithas, the Devi's three eyes are worshipped?

 

 

 

 

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Devi Kotari of Hingula , Pakistan

 

 

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Devi Vramori of Janosthan , India

 

 

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Devi Indrakshi of Lanka , Sri Lanka

 

 

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Devi Mohismordini of Sarkara , Pakistan

 

 

 

Which of these options has four of the ten mahavidyas.

 

 

 

 

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Kali, Tara, Sodasi, Sunanda

 

 

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Bhairavi, Bagla, Matangi, Kali

 

 

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Tara, Bhuvaneshwari, Barahi, Kamla

 

 

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Chinnamasta, Tara, Kalika, Bahula

 

 

 

Which of the statements does not apply to Mata Vaishno Devi

 

 

 

 

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Devi's childhood name was Trikuta

 

 

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Devi assumed the form of Mahakali to kill Bhairon Nath

 

 

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Devi exists in the form of Pindis

 

 

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Devi was devoted to Lord Shiva

 

 

 

In her first birth Devi was called

 

 

 

 

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Uma

 

 

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Parvati

 

 

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Sati

 

 

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Gauri

 

 

 

Why is Devi called Durga?

 

 

 

 

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She protects the entrances (durgs)

 

 

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She slayed the demon Durga

 

 

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She was named so by Lord Shiva

 

 

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She stayed in a place called Durg