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3.3.6 Quiz: Classical Civilizations of India
Question 1 of 10
2 Points
In which of these passages from the Ramayana does the speaker express the
importance of dharma?
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A. "How much more would I do for my father, that he may preserve
the vow of truth and serve thy purpose."
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B. "How is it that I behold my father with bowed head, shedding
tears?"
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C. "Hearing the words of Shri Ramachandra, the king, speechless and
overcome with grief, wept aloud, shedding bitter tears."
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D. "Overcome with shame, the king dare not ask thee to depart, but
do thou disregard this."

Answer 1

The speaker express the importance of dharma from this passage "How much more would I do for my father, that he may preserve the vow of truth and serve thy purpose."

Option A

Step-by-step explanation:

Dharma symbolizes the behavior of a person according to the Rta which is a order that makes the life and the universe possible. It incorporates all the rights and the duties of a person, the laws he has to follow and how he should conduct, the virtues life offers and knows the right way of living.

In this passage, Rama is following his duties as a son and living his life in right way by following the dharma of being an eldest son where he conveys that being the eldest son, most precisely son, he would do everything that is possible by him so that his father would keep the vow to his step mother of making his son, the younger brother, “Bharat”, as the king.