The Stories

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Pied piper questions and answer

Q. What did manuscripts contain?

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Upanishad woman scholar, Gargi was famous for

1. Singing

2. Learning

3. Dancing

4. Poetry

Q. What are the stories about Shiva and Vishnu, which elevate them to the status of Supreme Gods, called?

1. Parables
2. The Puranas
3. Jatakas
4. Shivakathas

Q. Sagar visited a temple and saw a storyteller narrate a story by using the Harikatha technique. He decided that he would also like to become a storyteller.

Which of the following skills would Sagar need to perform Harikathas?

1. Dancing
2. Singing
3. Local languages
4. Martial arts

Q. Match the following.

1. Sanskrit
2. Stories on Buddha
3. Shiva and Vishnu
4. Storytelling

Q. Which of the following sentences best describe the art of Harikatha?

1. Performers dancing to folk music
2. Performers and singers singing songs and narrating stories about gods and saints
3. Performers walking on ropes using balancing sticks
4. Priests explaining the concept of the afterlife

Q. How did storytellers, the people who practised the art of the Harikatha, learn the stories?

1. The storytellers learnt the stories from elders
2. The storytellers learnt the stories from religious teachers
3. The storytellers learnt the stories from people around them
4. The storytellers learnt stories at Nalanda University

Q. What were the stories that were related to Buddhism referred to as?

1. Parables
2. Puranas
3. Jatakas
4. Shivakathas

Q. Why were Harikathas popular among people?

1. The Harikathas were compiled into books and distributed among people
2. The Harikathas were propagated by temple dancers and were often performed in front of a king and his subjects
3. The Harikathas were tales of heroism and bravery of kings
4. Not everyone could read Sanskrit in those days so the only way for them to enjoy the epics, the Puranas, and folk tales was to listen to Harikathas

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how many are the vedas name them give details in brief of each

Q. The following are the major events in the story. Some of them are false while some others are true. Mark them as True or False by a tick in the appropriate column.
Correct the statements that are marked false and rewrite them below.

Statements	True	False
Tyl arrives at the palace of the Archduke.
Tyl meets the Archduke.
He shows the picture of Infant Jesus to the Archduke.
Captain of the Guards allows Tyl to meet the Archduke at once.
Archduke directs Tyl to paint their portrait.
Archduke’s jester also praises Tyl’s painting.
The Archduke doesn’t like to appoint Tyl as the court painter.
Tyl enjoys dinner with the Archduke.
Tyl and his companions spend a fortnight in the palace, merry-making
The courtiers ask Tyl to paint them as they look like.
The courtiers praise Tyl for his splendid painting.
Tyl calmly walks out of the palace.

Q. Which of the following beautifully recorded the gifts offered to the kings and queens of Mathura?

1. Coins
2. Inscriptions
3. Metal surfaces
4. Walls of temples

Q. Our own litreature is called ________ litreature.

1. Foreign
2. Oral
3. Written
4. Native

Q. Match the following.

1. Sanskrit
2. Stories on Buddha
3. Shiva and Vishnu
4. Storytelling

Q. Sagar visited a temple and saw a storyteller narrate a story by using the Harikatha technique. He decided that he would also like to become a storyteller.

Which of the following skills would Sagar need to perform Harikathas?

1. Dancing
2. Singing
3. Local languages
4. Martial arts

Q. What are the stories about Shiva and Vishnu, which elevate them to the status of Supreme Gods, called?

1. Parables
2. The Puranas
3. Jatakas
4. Shivakathas

Q. How did storytellers, the people who practised the art of the Harikatha, learn the stories?

1. The storytellers learnt the stories from elders
2. The storytellers learnt the stories from religious teachers
3. The storytellers learnt the stories from people around them
4. The storytellers learnt stories at Nalanda University

Q. Why were Harikathas popular among people?

1. Not everyone could read Sanskrit in those days so the only way for them to enjoy the epics, the Puranas, and folk tales was to listen to Harikathas
2. The Harikathas were compiled into books and distributed among people
3. The Harikathas were propagated by temple dancers and were often performed in front of a king and his subjects
4. The Harikathas were tales of heroism and bravery of kings