Mahabharata Online Quiz 2026 practice flashcards

A complete set of 200 practice flashcards from the Mahabharata Online Quiz 2026 covering key characters, family trees, divine births, and central events of the epic.

Who wrote the Mahabharata composed by sage Veda Vyasa?

Lord Ganesha

Where did Lord Brahma appear from?

Navel of Lord Vishnu

Whose son was King Janamejaya?

Parikshit

What was the capital of the kingdom ruled by Janamejaya?

Hastinapura

Whose daughter was Kadru?

Daksha

Whose daughter was Vinata?

Daksha

Whose son was King Parikshit?

Abhimanyu

Which form did Lord Vishnu assume during the churning of the milk ocean?

Kurma

Which mountain was used during the churning of the milk ocean?

Mt Mandara

Who served as the churning rope for the milk ocean?

Vasuki

Who consumed the Kaalakuta/Halahala poison that appeared from the churning of the milk ocean?

Lord Shiva

Who is known as ‘Neelakantha’?

Lord Shiva

Who took the form of "Mohini" to distribute the nectar after the churning of the milk ocean?

Lord Vishnu

Which demon was beheaded by Lord Vishnu for drinking the nectar?

Rahu

Whose son is Garuda?

Vinata’s

Who blessed Garuda that he would become immortal without drinking the nectar?

Lord Vishnu

Whose divine vehicle is Garuda?

Lord Vishnu

Who directed Sheshanaga (Anantasesha) to raise the Earth on its hoods?

Lord Brahma

Who cursed King Parikshit?

Sage Shringi

Who was the father of sage Shringi?

Shamika Rsi

Who performed the Sarpa yajna in order to avenge the death of King Parikshit?

Janamejaya

Whose protection did Takshaka seek to protect himself from the Sarpa yajna?

Indra Deva

Whose son was sage Vyasa Deva?

Sage Parashara

What was the name of sage Vyasa Deva’s mother?

Satyavati

Which of these sages killed all the Kshatriyas (warriors) on Earth twenty-one times?

Parasurama

Whose son was Hiranyakashipu?

Diti

Whose son was Prahlada?

Hiranyakashipu

What was the name of Banasura’s father?

Bali

Which of these demons was born as Jarasandha?

Viprachitti

Hiranyakashipu was reborn as _________

Shishupala

Who was the demon Kalanemi reborn as?

Kamsa

Who was the father of Dronacharya?

Bharadwaja

Whose son was Ashwatthama?

Dronacharya

Who were the parents of Bhishma?

Shantanu - Ganga

Who was the younger brother of King Dhritarashtra?

Pandu

Who was King Dhritarashtra's firstborn?

Duryodhana

Who was the son of Dharma (Lord Yama)?

Yudhishthira

By whose divine powers was Bhima born?

Vayu Deva

Which of these Pandavas was born by the divine powers of Indra?

Arjuna

Which of the following were born by the divine powers of Ashwini Kumaras?

Nakula - Sahadeva

What was the actual name of Kunti Devi?

Pritha

Who was born as the son of Kunti Devi by the blessings of the Surya Deva?

Karna

Who demanded Karna’s divine armour and earrings from him?

Lord Indra

Who was born as the son of Vasudeva?

Krishna

Whose expansion is Sheshanaga (Anantasesha)?

Balarama

With which king did Shakuntala enter into a love-marriage?

Dushyanta

After whom is India named?

Bharata

Whose son was Bharata?

Shakuntala

Whom did King Shantanu marry?

Ganga Devi

How many sons of Shantanu did Ganga Devi drown in the river after giving birth to them?

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A Vasu named ‘Dhyo’ was born as the son of Ganga Devi. By which name did he become famous?

Devavrata

Which river current did Devavrata stop with his arrows?

Ganga

From whom did Devavrata learn the art of warfare?

Parasurama

What pledge did Devavrata undertake for the marriage of Shantanu and Satyavati?

To remain a Brahmachari all his life

By which name did Devavrata come to be known after his pledge?

Bhishma

What boon did Shantanu grant Devavrata when he was pleased with his pledge?

To die by his own will

After marriage, which two sons were born to Satyavati?

Chitrangada – Vichitravirya

Who was crowned king of Hastinapura after the death of Shantanu?

Chitrangada

Whose son was Babruvahana?

Arjuna

Who were the three daughters of the king of Kashi?

Amba-Ambika-Ambalika

Who abducted the three daughters of the king of Kashi?

Bhishma

Whom had Amba, the eldest daughter of the king of Kashi, accept as her husband in her mind?

Shalva

Which two daughters of the king of Kashi married Vichitravirya?

Ambika-Ambalika

Who was the son of sage Vyasa and Ambika?

Dhritarashtra

Who was the son of sage Vyasa and Ambalika?

Pandu

Who was the son of sage Vyasa and a maidservant?

Vidura

Whose incarnation was Vidura?

Dharmaraja

Who was born blind ?

Dhritarashtra

Whom did Dhritarashtra marry ?

Gandhari

Which sage blessed Gandhari with a hundred sons?

Sage Vyasa

What was the name of the eldest son of Gandhari?

Duryodhana

What was the name of the daughter of Gandhari?

Dushala

Who cursed Pandu that he would die the moment he cohabited with his wife?

Sage Kindama

Which sage gifted a mantra to Kunti for invoking deities?

Sage Durvasa

Which god did Kunti invoke first of all in order to be blessed with a son?

Surya Deva

Which son of Kunti was born for Dharmaraja?

Yudhishthira

Which of the Pandavas is the second son of Kunti?

Bhima

Draupadi was the princess of which kingdom?

Panchala

Which son of Kunti was born by the divine powers of Indra?

Arjuna

By whose divine powers were Nakula and Sahadeva born as the sons of Madri, the second wife of Pandu?

Ashwini Kumaras

Whom did Pandu try to cohabit with when he met his end?

Madri

Which wife of Pandu became a Sati?

Madri

Which son of Pandu did Duryodhana try to poison?

Bhima

Which of the following bit Bhima and thus neutralised the effect of the poison in his body?

Serpents

Who rushed to rescue the Nagas when Bhima started to kill them?

Vasuki

Who taught the Pandavas and the Kauravas the art of warfare?

Dronacharya

Who was born as the son of sage Bharadwaja?

Dronacharya

What was the name of Dronacharya’s wife?

Kripi

From whom did Dronacharya learn the art of warfare?

Parasurama

Whom did Dronacharya resolve to take revenge on?

Drupada

Whom did Dronacharya refuse to teach archery?

Ekalavya

Who shot seven arrows from his bow and sealed the mouth of a dog?

Ekalavya

What did Ekalavya offer as gurudakshina to Dronacharya?

Thumb

Who challenged Arjuna while he was displaying his archery skills?

Karna

Who befriended Karna and made him the king of Angadesha?

Duryodhana

What did Dronacharya seek from the Pandavas and the Kauravas as gurudakshina?

King Drupada

Who captured King Drupada and presented him before Dronacharya?

Arjuna

By what means did the Pandavas escape unhurt from the palace of lac?

Tunnel

In the forest, which demon wanted to kill and devour the Pandavas?

Demon Hidimban

Who killed the demon Hidimban?

Bhima