YOGA MODEL QUESTION PAPER
1.Who is considered the father of modern yoga?
Answer: T. Krishnamacharya
2.Which ancient text is considered the foundational scripture of Yoga?
Answer: Yoga Sutras
3.How many sutras are there in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras?
Answer: 196
4.What is the meaning of the word "Yoga"?
Answer: Union
5.Which of the following is not one of the eight limbs of yoga (Ashtanga Yoga)?
Answer: Karma
6.Who popularized yoga in the West in the 20th century?
Answer: All of the above
7.Which yoga posture is also known as the “Corpse Pose”?
Answer: Savasana
8.What is Pranayama?
Answer: Breath control
9.What does "Asana" mean in yoga?
Answer: Posture
10.Which yoga focuses on intense physical postures and sequences?
Answer: Hatha Yoga
11.When is the international yoga day celebrated?
Answer: June 21
12.Which is the final goal of yoga?
Answer: Moksha (liberation)
13.Which mudra is commonly used during meditation?
Answer: Gyan Mudra
14.Which form of yoga emphasizes devotion to a personal god?
Answer: Bhakti Yoga
15.Which chakra is located at the base of the spine?
Answer: Muladhara
16.Which of these is a balancing yoga pose?
Answer: Vrikshasana
17.Surya Namaskar means:
Answer: Salutation to the sun
17.Which yoga style is known for alignment and use of props?
Answer: Iyengar Yoga
18.Who introduced the concept of “Eight Limbs of Yoga”?
Answer: Patanjali
19.Which gland is associated with the throat chakra (Vishuddha)?
Answer: Thyroid
20.Which is the yoga of knowledge and wisdom?
Answer: Jnana Yoga
21.Which of the following is not a bandha (lock) in yoga?
Answer: Siddha Bandha
22.Which mantra is commonly chanted in yoga?
Answer: Om
23.Which yoga practice purifies the nasal passage?
Answer: C) Neti
24.Which yoga asana is also known as the "Mountain Pose"?
Answer: Tadasana
25.Which breathing technique is also called "skull-shining breath"?
Answer: Kapalabhati
26.Which yoga posture is helpful for digestion and gas relief?
Answer: Vajrasana
27.What is the yogic name for the sun salutation sequence?
Answer: Surya Namaskar
28.Which asana is named after a cobra?
Answer: Bhujangasana
29.Which chakra is related to love and compassion?
Answer: Anahata
30.Which yoga technique is best for calming the mind and body?
Answer: Savasana
31.Which ancient Indian scripture describes yoga in the context of karma and devotion?
Answer: Bhagavad Gita
32.Which yoga focuses on the awakening of spiritual energy (kundalini)?
Answer: Kundalini Yoga
33.Which of the following is a seated forward bending pose?
Answer: Paschimottanasana
34.The term “asana” is mentioned in which limb of yoga?
Answer: Third
35.Which pranayama involves alternate nostril breathing?
Answer: Anulom Vilom
36.Which yoga pose resembles a tree?
Answer: Vrikshasana
37.Which yoga guru founded the Isha Foundation?
Answer: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
38.How many chakras are there in the human body as per yogic tradition?
Answer: 7
39.Which yoga pose is recommended for thyroid problems?
Answer: Sarvangasana
40.What is the yogic practice of cleansing called?
Answer: Shatkarma
41.Which yoga teacher developed Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga?
Answer: Pattabhi Jois
42.Which pose is called “child’s pose” in yoga?
Answer: Balasana
43.Which part of the body does “Utkatasana” mainly strengthen?
Answer: Thighs
44.Which of these is a hip-opening yoga pose?
Answer: Butterfly Pose
45.Which is the seventh limb in Ashtanga Yoga?
Answer: Dhyana
46.What is “Nadi Shodhana”?
Answer: Alternate nostril breathing
47.Which yoga guru is associated with "Art of Living"?
Answer: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
48.Which Indian Prime Minister promoted International Yoga Day?
Answer: Narendra Modi
49. How many poses are there in one round of Surya Namaskara?
Answer: 12
50. How many rounds of Surya Namaskara make one complete cycle?
Answer: 2
