The ultimate Mahabharata quiz

Who was the Guru of both Kauravas and Pandavas?

Which Kaurava fought on the side of Pandavas?

Who in the Mahabharata war was born with precious stones and yet abandoned by his mother?

Because of which Mahabharata character the Pandavas had to go into exile?

For how many days did the war of Kurukshetra take place?

Which character was given the curse of painful immortality by Lord Krishna and why?

What was the name of the conch that was blown during the start of the war?

Arjuna had a special weapon given to him by Lord Shiva. What was its name?

What was the curse that Gandhari gave to Lord Krishna? Did it come true?

1. The common teacher of both Kauravas and Pandavas was Guru Dronacharya. 2. The Kaurava who did not fight against Pandavas, but rather with them, was Yuyutsu. Yuyutsu believed that he should side with Dharma. 3. Karna, the son of Surya, was born with precious stones (Kavach-Kundal) on his body, but was abandoned by his mother as he was born out of wedlock. 4. It was because of Shakuni and his faulty dice that the Pandavas lost the game and had to go into exile. 5. The Mahabharata war went on for 18 days. 6. The curse of immortality was given to Ashwatthama by Shri Krishna because he tried to kill the unborn baby of Uttara. 7. The name of the conch blown at the start of the Mahabharata war was ‘Panchjanya’. 8. The special weapon given to Arjuna by Lord Shiva was called Pashupatastra. 9. Gandhari’s curse to Krishna was that his clan will vanish by fighting with each other and he will die an animal’s death. The curse did come true and the Yadava clan perished while fighting each other and Krishna was shot an arrow by a hunter thinking that his foot was a deer.