1. The Play Hayavadana starts with prayer to
A. Lord Ganesha
B. Kali
C. Ram and Sita
D. Lord Shiva
✅ The correct answer is option A.
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2. Identify the character who is not part of the group of three protagonists in Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana :
A. Padmini
B. Gautama
C. Kapila
D. Devadatta
✅ The correct answer is option B.
3. There is an engraving of a ______ bird on Padmini’s door.
A. Blue
B. Fiery
C. Two-headed
D. Headless
✅ The correct answer is option C.
4. Hayavadana gains a horse’s voice after he obeyed the boy’s request to _____
A. Neigh
B. Laugh
C. Cry
D. shout
✅ The correct answer is option B.
5. No one went to the Temple of Kali at Mount Chitrakoot anymore because___
A. She used to give anything anyone asked for
B. She could not grant prayers and requests
C. She was not a real goddess
D. She was asleep all the time
✅ The correct answer is option A.
6. The Bahagavata describes Devadatta and Kapila as two friends having ______
A. One soul, one body
B. one head, one soul
C. One life, one wife
D. one mind, one heart
✅ The correct answer is option D.
7. Karnad reveals the religious sentiments prevalent in our society psychology and culture by showing the presence of
A. Lord Ganesha
B. Goddess Kali
C. Lord Krishna
D. Lord Shiva
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8. Which work of Thomas Mann was the author of this play influenced by?
A. The Invisible Man
B. Hollow Man
C. The Transposed Heads
D. Dr. Frankenstein
✅ The correct answer is option C.
9. The better half of two bodies that neither win nor loose is
A. Hayavadana
B. Devadatta
C. Padmini
D. Kapila
✅ The correct answer is option C.
10. The plot of “Hayavadana” comes from
A. Kathasaritsagara
B. Ramayana
C. Mahabharata
D. Bhagavat Gita
✅ The correct answer is option A.