Deck 2: Dalits, Yasodhara, and Social Injustice

Question 1

Where do the problems take place over the dalits?

A)over their body
B)in the street
C)in the fields
D)none of these

Answer 1

over their body

Question 2

Who is Yasodhara?

A)mother of buddha
B)wife of buddha
C)daughter of buddha
D)a poetess

Answer 2

wife of buddha

Question 3

In the beginning of the poem, who is compared to the dream of sharp pain?

A)yasodhara
B)sangamitra
C)kourvaki
D)none of these

Answer 3

yasodhara

Question 4

Who gave the light to the entire people?

A)gotama
B)goutama buddha
C)patanjali
D)kanada

Question 5

Who was thrown to darkness by Buddha?

A)badrayana
B)sangamitra
C)yasodhara
D)none of these

Question 6

Which colour is used to show the emptiness of Yasodhara's life?

A)white
B)yellow
C)black
D)blue

Question 7

Yasodhara had a …… life.

A)fragmented
B)lovely
C)beautiful
D)brocken

Question 8

Who is ready to provide refuge to Yasodhara?

A)sea
B)sky
C)earth
D)wind

Question 9

Yasodhara's life is described as …..?

A)fruitless
B)noteworthy
C)empty
D)fruitful

Question 10

'Matchless beauty' means?

A)beauty that cannot be compared
B)beautiful without a companion
C)most beautiful
D)none of these

Question 11

Yasodara is getting dimmed like ……

A)sun
B)moon
C)twilight
D)stars

Question 12

Where does Yasodara carry the raging storm in?

A)heart
B)mind
C)small hands
D)none of these

Question 13

What shakes the earth?

A)yasodhara's sigh
B)yasodhara's life
C)yasodhara's tears
D)none of these

Question 14

What was the name of Buddha at his Grihastashrama?

A)rama
B)sidhartha
C)badrayana
D)kapila

Question 15

Sidhartha was moving towards……

A)glory
B)knowledge
C)great splendor
D)none of these

Question 16

What did history hide?

A)buddha's family
B)yasodhara's sacrifice
C)buddha's son
D)buddha's country

Question 17

When do the people of Veerashaiva family throw coins?

A)in the wedding feast
B)in the feast of the temple
C)in the funeral procession

Question 18

Which activity will provide redemption from the sins?

A)attending the funeral
B)throwing coins on the corpse
C)touching the feet of the dead
D)mourning in the procession

Question 19

The stich that was used to control the dalits were also used to control …….

A)pigs and dogs
B)other human beings
C)cattle
D)none of these

Question 20

What made the dominant people of the village to compete each other in 'Coins on the Corpse and the Wedding Feast'?

A)donation
B)alms
C)constructing houses
D)all of them

Question 21

Where do the younger members hide the collected coins from the corpse?

A)in the pocket
B)in the bag
C)in the hole of the tree
D)in the secret pocket

Question 22

What was the profession of Adavichonchas, Lollyars and Kunchikoravas?

A)burying corpses
B)cleaning the dirt
C)begging
D)working in the fields

Question 23

What was the marking made to prevent the dalits from having a second meal?

A)oil
B)colour
C)paint
D)none

Question 24

What helped dalits to remove the colour from the hands?

A)water
B)oil on the head
C)paper
D)cloth

Question 25

Who is the founder of 'Dalit Panther'?

A)limbale
B)b r ambedkar
C)namdeodhasal
D)c k janu