Module 1

1. How many Vedas are there? Did Shrii P.R.Sarkar compose a Veda too?
2. Where were the four Vedas composed and who classified them?
3. What is the Samjinana mantra of Rk Veda?
4. What was the contribution of Maharsi Kapila to the evolution of human thought?
5. Who is older: Patainjaali , Mahaviira Jain or Buddha?
6. Would it be correct to say that Ananda Marga is a revival of As’tavakra’s Rajadhira’ja Yoga?
7. Who is considered to have laid the foundations of Hatha Yoga?
8. Who was Abhinava Gupta?
9. How did Buddhism spread to Tibet? Who paid the crucial role in its popularity there?
10. When did China invade Tibet?
11. What is the relation between Rahr and Gondwana land?
12. Who was Atiisha Dipamkar?
13. Vedas are classified in to two parts. Karma Ka’n’d’a and Jinana kan’d’a? What is further subclassification?
14. What is the 12th Rk (chanda) of 10th Sukta (subsection) of 3rd mandal (chapter or section) of Rk Veda?
15. Who was Sha’shanka and what did he do to Buddhism?
16. Is there any similarity between Gaudiya , Kashmiri & Kamrupii branches of Tantra?
17. When did the idea of gods and goddesses creep into Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism?
18. Why is Shiva also called "Khingar-deva"?
19. What was the role of Adi-Shankaracarya in the religious history of India?
20. Is Vedika and Laokika Samskrta same?
21. Whom did Shiva taught 6 ragas and 36 raginiis?
22. What were some of the contributions of Shiva to human civilization?
23. What is arsha Dharma?
24. What were the six types of knowledge as practiced during Vedic times?
25. Which period was Ramayana composed? By whom?
26. Kalacakrayan and Vajrayan is part of Southern or Northern school of Buddhism?
27. Which yogi went to China and mastered Chinese school of Tantra 1300 years ago? What does the book "Yoga Vashistha" contain ?
28. What is the primary difference between Vedic Age, Shiva’s Tantra Age and post-Shiva Tantra Age (post-Buddhist & Jain period)?
29. What is the most popular mantra of Vajrayani Buddhism?
30. What are the six aspects of Vidya tantra? Or 5 branches of Avidya Tantra?
31. Was there any script during the time of Shiva?
32. Shiva was born during what period of human history?
33. What is the speciality of Atharva Veda?

Module 2

1. What are the ten Vayus and what are their functions in the human body?
2. What is the function of Pranayama kriyas?
3. What is the location of Kurma Nad’ii?
4. What are the twelve pairs of cranial nerves and their functions?
5. How many pairs of spinal nerves do we have and in what way do they play different role than cranial nerves?
6. Vertebral column is composed of how many individual vertebras? How many are in Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar regions?
7. What is the function of spinal cord in the human body?
8. How many muscles are there in the human body? How many are there bones in human foot?
9. What is a neuron?
10. What is mitochondria?
11. What is contained with in a nucleus of the cell?
12. What is a spinal reflex?
13. Where are the psoas muscles located?
14. What hormones are secreted from different important glands?
15. Which asanas affect different cakras of the body?
16. How can yoga cure irritable bowel syndrome?
17. Is human blood regenerated every 120 days? How about skin? Kidneys? heart?
18. What is a hormone?
19. What is the effect of hormones in the human body?
20. On an average, how many litres of blood is traveling through the circulatory system of a human being?
21. What is the function of the lymphatic system in the human body?
22. What asanas exercise different important glands?
23. What is the speciality about the muscles in the knee ?
24. How many groups of abdominal muscles are there? What do they do?
25. Is breathing and respiration the same thing?
26. Is there any relation of Yoga therapy with Ayurveda?
27. Can yoga therapy be considered a part of physio-therapy?
28. Is there a physiological counterpart of Citta?