Indian Traditional Medicine Quiz Part 3

Indian Traditional Medicine Quiz Part 3

Here are ten more questions and answers on Indian traditional medicine.

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1. The ayurvedic classification system of physiological components of human beings, vaata, pitha kaba, is also followed in

Naturropathy
Yoga
Unani
Siddha

2. Name the comprehensive treatise on medicinal plants of the Western Ghats published during 1678-1693

Flowering Plants of the Western Ghats
Sushruta Samhita
Hortus Malabaricus
The Roots of Ayurveda

3. Navarakizhi is a form of sweat inducing massage treatment. It is used to improve muscle strength, rejuvenate and re-energize body. Which special rice harvested in 60 days is used in this treatment?

Shashti Rice
Rakthashali Rice
Basmati Rice
Kalamdani Rice

4. In which year Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, abbreviated as AYUSH, was established as the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy?

1995
1996
2001
2010

5. The National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) is the apex institute for training and research in Ayurveda in India. Where is it located?

Chennai
Thiruvananthapuram
Kolkatta
Jaipur

6. Central Research Institute for Yoga (CRIY) which was started in 1970 to provide free training to people and to organize research on yoga was renamed after a famous Indian personality in 1988. Who is the person?

Rajiv Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru

7. Kshara is an extract of the ashes of a plant and used as a remedy for worms, indigestion, kidney stones, skin diseases, and obesity. Name the plant

Indian snakeroot (Rauvolfia serpentina)
Sain Joseph's wort (Ocimum basilicum)
Adhoghanta (Achyranthes aspera)
Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum)

8. Where is National Institute of Siddha located?

Chennai
New Delhi
Calicut
Hyderabad

9. Which one of the following is NOT among the tridoshas, the cornerstone of Ayurvedic philosophy?

Vata
Pitta
Kapha
Prithvi

10. He was the personal physician to Lord Bhudha B.C and is said to have performed the famous brain surgery on King Bhoja. Who is he?

Vagbhata
Jeevaka
Atreya
Madhavakar

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