MCQs - Hayavadana- by Girish Karnad
1. Which of the following is not true about the
play Hayavadana ?
a. It was inspired by ‘The Invisible Man’
b. Presented by Madras Players in English in
1972,
c. First published by Oxford Press in 1975.
d. Originally written by Girish Karnad in Kannada
in 1971
2. Girish Karnad was part of the "theatre of
…….."
a. Heritage
b. Myth
c. Roots
d. Epic
3. The Bahagavata, the narrator, describes
Devadatta and Kapila as two friends having
a. One soul, one body
b. one mind, one heart
c. one head, one soul
d. One life, one wife
4. Which of the following is not true about the
play, ‘Hayavadana’?
a. It is a 2 act play within play
b. Main plot is a tragedy of Kapila, Devadatta
and Padmini
c. Subplot is a comedy of Hayavadana
d. Both the subplot and main plot has no solution
5. The meaning of Bhagavata in Hindu mythology is
…….
a. A priest
b. Half man, half animal
c. A devotee or worshipper
d. A poet
6. The play Hayavadana opens with a puja to “Elephant
headead Heramba”. Who is “Heramba”?
a. Goddess Kali
b. Lord Ganesha
c. Lord Rudra
d. Lord Rama
7. Which of the following is not true about the
stage in the opening scene.
a. It is empty except a chair in the middle
b. A table is on the right side of the stage
c. Bhagavata and musicians sit at the back of
table
d. A mask of Ganesha is brought and kept on table
8. Bhagavata says that the Lord Ganesha is
shining like……….:
a. 1000 suns
b. 100 suns
c. Million suns
d. 10 suns
9. Bhagavata regards Ganesha as the embodiment of…..
a. incompleteness
b. divinity
c. holiness
d. Purity
10. The plot of “Hayavadana” comes from
a. Ramayana
b. Kathasaritsagara
c. Mahabharata
d. Bhagavat Gita
11. Which ancient story is used in consultation to
determine the true identity of a person?
a. King Vikrama
b. King Vishnu
c. King Vetala
d. King Vivek
12. Which of the following is not true about
“Kathasaritsagara”
a. It is written by Somadeva Suri
b. It is based on ‘Vetalapanchavimshika’ in it
c. ‘Vetalapanchavimshika’ is 12th part
of it
d. It is a 12th century text
13. Girish Karnad was influenced by?
a. The Transposed Heads
b. The Invisible Man
c. Hollow Man
d. Dr. Frankenstein
14. Which is not true about “The Transposed Heads”?
a. It a novel written by Thomas Mann in 1940
b. Thomas Mann received Nobel Prize in 1932
c. Thomas Mann is a German Writer
d. Its subtitle is “A legend of India’
15. Who are the principal characters in Transposed
Heads? i. Sita ii. Padmini iii. Shridaman iv. Nanda v. Kapila vi. Devadatta
a. I, III, V
b. II, IV, VI
c. I, III, IV
d. II, III, IV
16. Which of the following is not true about
transposed heads and Hayavadana?
a. Padmini is based on Sita
b. Kapila is based on Nanda
c. Devadatta is based on Shridaman
d. Shridaman is a merchant; and Nanda is a farmer
17. Hayavadana is set in?
a. Dharmapura
b. Dharampur
c. Dhurmapura
d. Dharmanagar
18. The city of Dharmapura was ruled by King
a. Bhagavata
b. Devadatta
c. Dharmasheela
d. Hayavadana
19. The two youths living in the city of
Dharmaputra are compared to, except ……..
a. Lava and Kusha
b. Bharata and Shatragna
c. Rama and Lakshmana
d. Balarama and Krishna
20. Which of the following is not true about Devadatta,
a. only son of Reverend Brahmin Vidyasagar
b. He is a poet,
c. He is fair in colour and handsome
d. He is strong
21. Which of the following is not true about Kapila
?
a. only son of Iron smith Lohita
b. He is intelligent
c. He is a wrestler, dancer & body builder
d. He is dark in colour
22. Which of the following is not true about
Devadatta.
a. He is the second son of Vidyasagara
b. He is apple of everyone in Dharmapura
c. He felled mightiest pundits in debates of
logic and love
d. Blinded the greatest poets of the world
23. Who is “to the King’s armoury what an axle is
to the chariot-wheel”.
a. Kapila
b. Devadatta
c. Lohita
d. Bhagavata
24. The sort of half curtain used in Hayavadana is
in the style of
a. Yakshagana
b. Kathakali
c. Neither A nor B
d. Both A and B
25. In the introduction scene of Hayavadana on
stage, which is not true?
a. Step1: Hayavadana is behind the curtain
b. Step2: Hayavadana’s head is covered by a veil
c. Step3: Curtain is lowered little by little
just enough to show head
d. Step4: Finally, Hayavadana is seen in standing
position, behind the curtain.
26. Who interrupts Bhagavata?
a. Actor- I
b. Actor- II
c. Hayavadana
d. Female chorus
27. Hayavadana advised Actor-I not to commit
nuisance, when Actor-I is about to….
a. Damage the road
b. Urinate by the road side
c. Pollute the city
d. Sing a song
28. What scares actor-I?
a. Kali
b. Two men fighting
c. Hayavadana
d. Bhagavata
29. Which of the following is not true about the
reply of Actor-I to Bhagavata
a. Horse is talking
b. I haven’t been to toddy shop for a week
c. I didn’t even have milk today
d. I am not afraid of Hayavadana
30. Hayavadana is a
a. A Horse with Human head
b. A Human with a horse head
c. An Elephant with a Human head
d. A Human with an elephant head
31. Who thinks the head of Hayavadana is a mask
and pulls to remove it?
a. Bhagavata
b. Actor-I
c. Actor-II
d. None of the above
32. Which of the following is not a suspect of
Bhagavata about the horse face of Hayavadana?
a. It is a curse of Rishi
b. It desecrated a Punyasthana
c. It is born with it
d. It insulted Pativrata
33. Who will guide Hayavadana to the Kali temple?
a. Bhagavata
b. Actor i
c. Actor ii
d. No one
34. Why is Hayavadana sad?
a. He does not like being mocked.
b. He is lonely.
c. He wants to be a complete horse.
d. He wants to be a complete man.
35. All of the following are true about Hayavadana's
life except for which answer?
a. After 20 years of human love, horse get rid of
his curse.
b. His mother ended up as a horse.
c. His mother fell in love with a horse.
d. His father was a celestial being.
36. Which of the following is not true about Hayavadana’s
mother?
a. She is a prince of Karnataka
b. She chooses to marry the stallion of Prince of
Araby
c. The stallion was cursed by Lord Kuvera
d. The stallion was once a celestial being,
Garuda
37. Why the mother of Hayavadana was cursed to
become a mare?
a. As she asked her husband to become a stallion
again
b. As she rejected to marry Gandharva
c. As she rejected to marry Prince of Araby
d. As she rejected to accompany Gandharva to heaven
38. Who says, “What is written on our foreheads
cannot be altered”
a. Devadatta
b. Bhagavata
c. Hayavadana
d. Kapila
39. Bhagavata suggests Hayavadana go to ……….
Situated at ……..
a. Shiva's temple; Mt Abu
b. Rudra's temple; Mt Himalaya
c. Kali's temple; Mt Chitrakoot
d. Ganesha's temple; Mt Aravali
40. Which of the following is not true about Devadatta
and Kapila’s interaction in scene-I ?
a. Devadatta is not listening properly to Kapila
b. Kapila is talking about his crocodile hold in
a match with Nanda
c. Kapila identified that Devadatta was in love
and asked “Who is the girl”?
d. Wrestling match was witnessed by a famous wrestler from Magadha
41. Devadatta fell in love ………
a. For the first time
b. For 20 times in last 3 years
c. For 10 times in last 1 year
d. For 15 times in last 2 years
42. Devadatta dreams that, “If Padmini becomes my
guru in poetry of love, I can outshine……….
a. Shakespeare
b. Kalidasa
c. Devadas
d. Shelly
43. Who believes that, “Even my parents aren’t as
close to me as you are”
a. Kapila
b. Devadatta
c. Padmini
d. Bhagavata
44. Devadatta observed an engraving of a ……… bird
on Padmini’s door.
a. Blue
b. Fiery
c. Two-headed
d. Headless
45. Which is wrong: Devadatta’s words about
Padmini
a. My poetry won’t live without her.
b. I don’t know her name, but she lives in Pavana
Veethi
c. Door frame of the house had an engraving of a
two-headed bird.
d. I saw her in the market today and followed her
home.
46. Devadatta vows to sacrifice his two arms to
the …….…; and his head to .……...
a. Lord Ganesha; Lord Rama
b. Goddess Kali; Lord Rudra
c. Lord Shiva; Lord Ganesha
d. Lord Rudra; Goddess Kali
47. Devadatta says, “He was the wrong man to send.
He’s bound to ruin the whole thing.” He worries that Kapila is too ……… to woo
the girl for him.
a. Rough
b. Sensuous
c. Rude
d. Witty
48. Which is not true about Padmini?
a. Witty, Beautiful and Acerbic
b. She is the daughter of a rich merchant
c. She symbolizes the theme of incompleteness
d. She marries Kapila
49. Which of the following occurs after Kapila's
visit to Padmini?
a. Padmini marries Devadatta.
b. Devadatta's and Kapila's friendship
flourishes.
c. Padmini becomes pregnant.
d. Kapila starts to pursue Padmini.
50. Kapila compared Padmini to “four beautiful
women, all rolled as one”: i. Ramba; ii. Indumathi, iii. Yakshini; iv. Urvashi,
v. Shakuntala
a. i,ii,iii,iv
b. ii,iii,iv,v
c. i,iii,iv,v
d. i,ii,iv,v
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51. Kapila after seeing Padmini says, “I hadn’t
thought anyone could be more beautiful than the wench Ragini who acts ………..”
a. Rambha
b. Shakuntala
c. Urvashi
d. Indumathi
52. Where are the three planning to go ……….. in
Ujjaian?
a. A wedding
b. The fair
c. A temple
d. The forest
53. Why Devadatta is not interested in trip?
a. Kapila is interested in Padmini, Padmini is
flirting Kapila.
b. Not spending enough time with his wife alone.
c. Padmini is pregnant, and travelling in cart is
not safe.
d. All the above
54. According to Devadatta, who is the only woman
Kapila has known in his life?
a. Padmini
b. Sita
c. His mother
d. Devadatta’s Mother
55. Padmini replies to Devadatta's claims with all
the following except which answer?
a. She will never cancel the trip.
b. He has not sense of humour.
c. He is jealous of Kapila.
d. He is fragile.
56. Devadatta wants to read a play to Padmini.
What is it?
a. Play of Basha
b. Play of Kalidasa
c. Play of Shakuntala
d. Play of Shakespeare
57. What did Devadatta say to Kapila to cancel the
trip?
a. He is sick
b. Padmini is ill
c. Padmini is not interested
d. He is not interested
58. Which of the following in not true about
‘cart’ hired by Kapila?
a. The cartman did not kept the cart ready,
because he is not well
b. Cartman kept the cart ready but one of the
oxen is not well
c. Kapila knew that they will not reach Ujjain
for another fortnight with that ox
d. Kapila is late because he waited till the
cartman fetch a new ox
59. According to Devadatta, What is the problem
with Padmini’s health? and According to Padmini, How was it cured ?
a. Body pains, with a rest
b. Head ache, with ginger
c. Fever, with medicine
d. Stomach pain, With a soup
60. While going to Ujjaian, Padmini…..
a. Liked the Kapila’s driving skills
b. Asked to stop for a while
c. Wanted the fortunate lady’s flower
d. Praised Devadatta’s climbing skills
61. Which is not true about Padmini’s words about
Kapila while he is fetching flower for her.
a. He is climbing like an ape
b. He is celestial being reborn as a hunter
c. No woman can resist him
d. What a fool I have been
62. Who says, “She is pouring her soul in his
mould”
a. Kapila
b. Devadatta
c. Narrator
d. Bhagavata
63. Which is not true about the road to Ujjaian:
a. Kapila has taken a shortest route which is 15
miles shorter
b. Padmini says that she wouldn’t mind if it is
15 miles longer
c. The road was terrible with full of stones and
rocks
d. Padmini felt bad about the road and the
driving of Kapila
64. “Two pieces of my heart, live happily
together.” Who are the two?
a. Padmini and Devadatta
b. Kapila and Devadatta
c. Padmini and Kapila
d. Bhagavata and Hayavadana
65. Which
is not true about the temples ?
a. Rudra temple is on the banks of river Bhargavi
b. Kapila and Padmini visits Rudra Temple
c. The old dilapidated Kali temple is quite
horrible
d. There is fear of thieves here
66. Which of the following is not true about the
deaths ?
a. First person to sacrifice life is Devadatta
b. Kapila sacrificed his life because he can’t
live without Devadatta
c. Padmini too died for them, but Goddess Kali
stopped her
d. None of the above
67. Padmini says to Kali, “Mother, you are our
breath, you are our ……………. And ……………..
a. Bread and butter
b. Bread and water
c. Life and Death
d. Mothe and Father
68. Who says, “There should be a limit even to
Honesty”
a. Kapila
b. Padmini
c. Devadatta
d. Kali
69. A: “Now we are blood-relations! Body
relations! What a gift.”
B: “The child she is carrying is the seed of
this body”
Who are A and B?
a. A: Kapila B: Devadatta
b. A: Devadatta, B: Kapila
c. A and B: Kapila
d. A and B: Devadatta
70. How did Kapila know that Devadatta has gone to
Kali temple?
a. Devadatta informed Kapila already
b. Devadatta has pending rituals at Kali temple
c. With the help of foot prints
d. Padmini informed Kapila
71. Who says, “He has the tenderest feet on earth.
They manage to get blisters, corns, cuts, boils and wounds without any effort”
a. Kapila
b. Padmini
c. Devadatta
d. Bhagavata
72. According to the ancient tale, what seemed to
determine the true identity of a person?
a. The head of the person
b. The body of the person
c. Either a or b
d. None of the above
73. In Hayavadana, Girish Karnard employs the
conventions and ornamentation of folk saga and folk theatre which involve
a. lights, mask, carpets
b. mask, curtain, dolls
c. mask, soliloquy, trees
d. ghost, dramatic deaths, chorus
74. Who are the three main characters in
"Hayavadana"?
a. Padmini, Kapila, and Devadatta
b. Kapila, Devadatta, and Hayavadana
c. Padmini, Devadatta, and Hayavadana
d. Padmini, Kapila, and Hayavadana
75. Which is not true about the relationship
between Devadatta and Kapila?
a. They are child hood friends
b. They later became rivals for Padmini's
affection
c. They sacrificed their lives with a sword
d. Goddess Padmini gave life to them
76. Who is the ultimate victor in the play's love
triangle?
a. Padmini
b. Kapila
c. Devadatta
d. None of the above
77. What is the message that
"Hayavadana" conveys?
a. The importance of embracing one's identity
b. The consequences of societal pressure
c. The limitations of love
d. All of the above
78. What is the primary conflict in
"Hayavadana"?
a. The struggle for power between the characters
b. The search for the perfect mate
c. The quest for knowledge and enlightenment
d. The battle between love and desire
79. What is the significance of the play's title
"Hayavadana"?
a. It means "Horse-Headed Man"
b. It refers to the character's physical
deformity
c. It symbolizes the struggle between human and
animal instincts
d. All of the above
80. Who is responsible for resolving the play's
central conflict?
a. The characters themselves
b. The goddess Kali
c. An omniscient narrator
d. The audience
81. What is the role of the chorus in
"Hayavadana"?
a. To provide comic relief
b. To narrate the story
c. To comment on the action and offer moral
insights
d. To serve as a musical accompaniment
82. What is the conflict that drives the plot of
"Hayavadana"?
a. The struggle between the human and animal
natures of the characters
b. The love triangle between Padmini, Kapila, and
Devadatta
c. The quest for perfection and completeness
d. The conflict between the upper and lower
castes in Indian society
83. Kapila explains to Padmini that the flower
gets its name because “it has all the marks of marriage a woman puts on”. The
name of the flower is
a. Daffodils
b. Fortunate Lady’s Flower
c. Fortunate Flower
d. Lady-shaped Flower
84. The story of Devadatta, Kapila and Padmini
dramatizes the conflict between
a. the mind and the heart
b. the body and the soul
c. the mind and the body
d. family and friendship
85. The better half of two bodies that neither win
nor loose is
a. Hayavadana
b. Devadatta
c. Padmini
d. Kapila
86. 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
87. 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
88. Hayavadana gains a horse’s voice after he
obeyed the boy’s request to
a. Neigh
b. Laugh
c. Cry
d. shout
89. 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
90. Who recites national anthem of India in Girish
Karnad’s play is
a. Roopa
b. Hayavadana
c. Bhagavata
d. Devadatta
91. What does Padmini do when the both the men cut
their heads off and die in the play ‘Hayavadana’?
a. Suggests that he seek the blessing of a
goddess in Chitrakoot mountain
b. Writes poetry
c. She tries to kill her pregnant self but Kali
stops her and helps bring the men back to life
d. In haste, she fits Devadatta’s head on the
body of Kapila
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