🧘 TEAM ULTIMATE YOGA QUIZ 2026

About this Yoga Day quiz

This quiz is built around the yoga content that actually appears in the CBSE Physical Education syllabus — Class 11 Unit 3 on yoga, and Class 12 Unit 3 on yoga as a preventive measure for lifestyle diseases. It is useful for International Yoga Day school activities on 21 June, and equally useful as revision practice before the board examination, because the same asanas, definitions and benefits are examined every year.

What the quiz covers

• Meaning and history of yoga: the meaning of the word yoga, Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga and the eight limbs.
• Elements of yoga: yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi.
• Asanas: classification into meditative, relaxative and corrective asanas, with procedures, benefits and contraindications.
• Pranayama: inhalation, exhalation and retention; anulom vilom, kapalbhati and bhramari.
• Yoga for lifestyle diseases: asanas prescribed for obesity, diabetes, asthma, hypertension and back pain.
• International Yoga Day: the date, the background to its adoption and the annual themes.

Key facts worth memorising before you attempt it

• International Yoga Day is observed on 21 June each year, following its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, with the first observance in 2015.
• The word yoga derives from the Sanskrit root yuj, meaning to join or to unite.
• Patanjali's Yoga Sutras set out Ashtanga Yoga, the eight limbs of yoga.
• Meditative asanas include padmasana, sukhasana, vajrasana and swastikasana.
• Relaxative asanas include shavasana and makarasana.
• Asanas commonly prescribed for obesity include vajrasana, trikonasana, ardha matsyendrasana, dhanurasana and ushtrasana.
• Asanas commonly prescribed for asthma include sukhasana, chakrasana, gomukhasana, parvatasana, bhujangasana and matsyasana.

Study the units behind the quiz

• Class 11 Unit 3 — Yoga
• Class 12 Unit 3 — Yoga as Preventive Measure for Lifestyle Disease
• CBSE Physical Education syllabus and notes
• Class 12 board preparation plan

Yoga practice should be learned under a qualified instructor. The asanas discussed here are described for examination purposes; anyone with a medical condition, injury or pregnancy should consult a doctor before practising them. See our disclaimer.