Yoga and Pranayama: Health Benefits and Practices
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What is the primary objective of yoga?

  • To improve autonomic functions
  • To enhance mental health and physical strength
  • To bring balance and health to multiple dimensions of the individual (correct)
  • To reduce stress and anxiety

What is the meaning of 'Yoga'?

  • Meditation technique
  • Physical exercise
  • Union of individual consciousness with the Universal Divine Consciousness (correct)
  • Deep breathing exercise

What aspect of yoga is beneficial for cancer patients?

  • Reduction of stress and anxiety (correct)
  • Improvement of autonomic functions
  • Mental health enhancement
  • Physical exercise

Where did yoga originate?

<p>India (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Rigveda mention about yogic meditation?

<p>It is practiced by the wise (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Yajurveda exhort people to practice yoga for?

<p>Enhancing mental health, physical strength, and prosperity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the procedure of concentration to liberate the soul or atma from the bondage of maya into paramatma known as?

<p>Raja-yoga (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many popular asanas are there out of the 84 lakh mentioned in 'Gharanda samhita'?

<p>300 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of yoga is often depicted metaphorically as a tree and comprises eight aspects or 'limbs'?

<p>Asthanga yoga (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of yoga focuses on physical postures?

<p>Asana (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the procedure of breath control known as in yoga?

<p>Pranayama (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which school of Indian philosophy is known as Yoga Darshan?

<p>Asthanga yoga (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of yoga is connected with control of the senses?

<p>Pratyahara (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which ancient text were there 84 lakh asanas mentioned?

<p>'Gharanda samhita' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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