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Questions : Mother of Gautam Buddha belonged to which dynasty?

(a) Maya dynasty

(b) Shakya dynasty

(c) Koliyan dynasty

(d) Lichchavi dynasty

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

Maya was the mother of the Buddha and was from the Koliyan clan. Maya was born in Devadaha in ancient Nepal. She was married to King Suddhodana, who ruled in the kingdom of Kapilavastu.

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Question : 1

Who was the founder of Ajeevika sect?

a) Suddhodana

b) Makkali Gosala

c) Mahavira

d) Vasudeva Krishna

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

The teaching of Parsvanatha is collectively known as

a) Pancha Mahavrata

b) Triratna

c) Chaturyama

d) Panchsila

Answer: (c)

Parsvanatha was the twenty-third Tirthankara of Jainism. Chaturyama Dharma the ‘fourfold teaching’ of the Parshvanath. Chaturyama Dharma, abstention from violence, theft, untruth and acquisitiveness.

Question : 3

Lumbini was the birth place of Gautam Buddha is attested by an inscription of

a) Pushyamitra Shunga

b) Ashoka

c) Harsha

d) Kanishka

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

The religious philosophy of Jainism teaches that there are nine truths or realities (Nav-tattva). Which of the following are among them?

  1. soul (jiva)
  2. non-soul (ajiva)
  3. merit (punya)
  4. sin or demerit (papa)
Select the answer from the codes given below:

a) 2, 3, and 4 only

b) 1, 2, and 3 only

c) 1, 3, and 4 only

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4;

Answer: (d)

Other truths are:

  • influx of Karma (asrava);
  • stoppage of karmic matter (Samvara);
  • bondage (bandha);
  • shedding of karmic matter (nirjara); and
  • liberation (moksha).

Question : 5

In the Bhagawat religion, the number of forms of Bhakti

a) 9

b) 10

c) 5

d) 4

Answer: (a)

Question : 6

Which one among the following Tirthankaras was according to the Svetamber tradition, a lady?

a) Shantinatha

b) Sumatinatha

c) Arishtanemi

d) Mallinatha

Answer: (d)

Svetambaras maintain that the 19th Tirthankara, Mallinath, was a woman. They also believe that women are able to obtain Moksha.

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