200 Hour Yoga Teacher
Training Final UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1. What does the word Yoga mean?
Answer: Union — the integration of body, mind, and spirit.
2. Who is considered the father of classical yoga?
Answer: Patanjali.
3. What are the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali?
Answer: Ancient texts outlining the philosophy and practice of yoga, consisting of
196 sutras.
4. Name the 8 limbs of yoga.
Answer: Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi.
5. What is the purpose of the 8 limbs of yoga?
Answer: To guide spiritual growth and self-realization.
6. What are the 5 Yamas?
Answer: Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truthfulness), Asteya (non-stealing),
Brahmacharya (moderation), Aparigraha (non-attachment).
, 7. What are the 5 Niyamas?
Answer: Saucha, Santosha, Tapas, Svadhyaya, Ishvara Pranidhana.
8. What is Ahimsa?
Answer: Non-violence — in thoughts, words, and actions.
9. What is Pratyahara?
Answer: Withdrawal of the senses.
10. What is Samadhi?
Answer: A state of oneness or complete absorption; the ultimate goal of yoga.
11. Who wrote the Bhagavad Gita?
Answer: Vyasa (as part of the Mahabharata).
12. Who are the main characters in the Bhagavad Gita?
Answer: Arjuna and Lord Krishna.
13. What are the three main paths of yoga in the Gita?
Answer: Karma Yoga (action), Bhakti Yoga (devotion), Jnana Yoga (knowledge).
14. Define Karma Yoga.
Answer: The yoga of selfless service and right action without attachment to results.
15. Define Bhakti Yoga.
Answer: The yoga of devotion and love for the Divine.
16. Define Jnana Yoga.
Answer: The yoga of knowledge, wisdom, and discernment.
17. Define Raja Yoga.
Answer: The royal path — focusing on meditation and control of the mind.
Training Final UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1. What does the word Yoga mean?
Answer: Union — the integration of body, mind, and spirit.
2. Who is considered the father of classical yoga?
Answer: Patanjali.
3. What are the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali?
Answer: Ancient texts outlining the philosophy and practice of yoga, consisting of
196 sutras.
4. Name the 8 limbs of yoga.
Answer: Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi.
5. What is the purpose of the 8 limbs of yoga?
Answer: To guide spiritual growth and self-realization.
6. What are the 5 Yamas?
Answer: Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truthfulness), Asteya (non-stealing),
Brahmacharya (moderation), Aparigraha (non-attachment).
, 7. What are the 5 Niyamas?
Answer: Saucha, Santosha, Tapas, Svadhyaya, Ishvara Pranidhana.
8. What is Ahimsa?
Answer: Non-violence — in thoughts, words, and actions.
9. What is Pratyahara?
Answer: Withdrawal of the senses.
10. What is Samadhi?
Answer: A state of oneness or complete absorption; the ultimate goal of yoga.
11. Who wrote the Bhagavad Gita?
Answer: Vyasa (as part of the Mahabharata).
12. Who are the main characters in the Bhagavad Gita?
Answer: Arjuna and Lord Krishna.
13. What are the three main paths of yoga in the Gita?
Answer: Karma Yoga (action), Bhakti Yoga (devotion), Jnana Yoga (knowledge).
14. Define Karma Yoga.
Answer: The yoga of selfless service and right action without attachment to results.
15. Define Bhakti Yoga.
Answer: The yoga of devotion and love for the Divine.
16. Define Jnana Yoga.
Answer: The yoga of knowledge, wisdom, and discernment.
17. Define Raja Yoga.
Answer: The royal path — focusing on meditation and control of the mind.
