Practice Quiz set 4 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which of the following places is associated with Jainism?
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Pawapuri or Pava is a holy site for Jains located in Nalanda district in Bihar. Around 5th Century BCE, Mahavira, the last Tirthankara of Jainism achieved Moksha or Nirvana here.
Q-2) Who became the chief of Jain Sangh after the death of Mahavira?
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After the death of Mahavira, one of his disciple Sudharma Swami is said to have taken over the leadership. He was the head of Jain community till 515 BCE.
Q-3) Where did Gautam Buddha give his first sermon?
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Q-4) Yapaniya was a school of
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Yapaniya was a school of Jainism. The saints of the Yapaniya school practised nudity like the Digambaras and believed in the liberation of women in conformity with the Svetambaras.
Q-5) Where did Buddha attain Parinirvana ?
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Q-6) Syadvad is a doctrine of
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Syadvad is a doctrine of Jainism. Syadvad is the philosophy of seeing an individual or an object from various points of view; trying to understand them and acquiring the right knowledge of those things.
Q-7) Which one of the following is considered the best Stupa?
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Sanchi is considered as the best Stupa. The ‘Great Stupa’ at Sanchi is the oldest stone structure in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BC.
Q-8) Who presided over the fourth Buddhist council in Kashmir?
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The Fourth Buddhist Council was presided over by Vasumitra in Kashmir during the reign of Kanishka and had to deal with a serious conflict between the Sarvasthivada teachers of Kashmir and Gandhara.
Q-9) The second Buddhist council was held during the region of
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The Second Buddhist council took place approximately one hundred years after the Buddha’s parinirvana. King Kalashoka was the Second Council’s patron and the meeting took place at Vaishali.
Q-10) Name the clan Buddha belonged to
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Siddhartha’s caste was the Kshatriya. He belonged to the Shakya clan and was born in the royal family. His father was Suddhodana and his mother was Maya.
Because of this, he was known as Shakyamuni “sage of the Shakya clan”, which is the most common name used in the Mahayana literature to refer to the Buddha.