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

(a) Pushyamitra Shunga

(b) Ashoka

(c) Harsha

(d) Kanishka

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

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Question : 1

List I List II
(Vedangas) (Their subject)
A. Nirukta 1. Metres
B. Shiksha 2. Etymology
C. Kalpa 3. Astrology
D. Chhadas 4. Phonetic
  5. Ritual
Codes: A B C D

a) 4 1 2 3

b) 3 5 1 4

c) 3 1 2 4

d) 4 5 1 3

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

The custom Santhara is related to which of the following sects?

a) Buddha

b) Jain

c) Vaishnava

d) Shaiva

Answer: (b)

The custom Santhara is related to Jain sects. Santhara, a Jain spiritual practice which entails a voluntary giving up of one’s life through fasting.

Question : 3

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Second Buddhist Council?

  1. It was held in 383 BC.
  2. The idea of this council was to settle a dispute on Vinaya Pitaka, the code of discipline.
  3. It was held under the patronage of King Kalasoka and the presidency of Sabakami.
  4. It was held at Pataliputra.
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: (b)

The dispute was on ten points such as storing salt in horn, eating after midday, eating once and going to villages for alms, eating sour milk after one’s meal etc.

It was not settled and Buddhism sects appeared for the first time. The subgroups were Sthaviravada, Mahasanghika and Sarvastivada. It was held at Vaishali.

Question : 4

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 : 5

Who was the founder of Ajeevika sect?

a) Suddhodana

b) Makkali Gosala

c) Mahavira

d) Vasudeva Krishna

Answer: (b)

Question : 6

Mother of Gautam Buddha belonged to which dynasty?

a) Maya dynasty

b) Shakya dynasty

c) Koliyan dynasty

d) Lichchavi dynasty

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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