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Questions : Milinda Panho is in the form of a dialogue between the king Menander and Buddhist Monk

(a) Nagarjuna

(b) Nagasena

(c) Kumarilbhatta

(d) Nagabhatta

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

Milinda Panha is in the form of a dialogue between the Greek King Milinda (Minander I) and the Buddhist monk Nagasena.

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Question : 1

Who is supposed to be the future Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism?

a) Amitabha

b) Krakuchanda

c) Kanak Muni

d) Maitreya

Answer: (d)

MahayanaBuddhism emerged in the first century CE as a more liberal, accessible interpretation of Buddhism. Maitreya is a transcendent Bodhisattva named as the universal Buddha of a future time in Mahayana Buddhism.

Question : 2

Which of the following statements correctly describe the difference between a Chaitya and a Stupa?

a) Chaityas represent Mahayanism and Stupas Hinayanism

b) Chaitya is a r eligious ter m, while S tupa is an architectural term for a mound containing a relic of the Buddha and later on of leading Buddhist Saints

c) Chaitya is a place of prayers/worship while Stupa is a funeral monument

d) Chaitya were constructed by the monasteries while Stupas were constructed by the kings and the rich merchants

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Jain Philosophy?

  1. Jiva is a conscious substance which is different in different individuals.
  2. Ajiva is the opposite of jiva comprising of dharma, adharma, akash, pudgala and kala
  3. Asrava denotes the inflow of karmic matter by the soul.
  4. Samvara means union of jiva with pudgala (matter) or soul with non-soul particles.
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)

Samvara means stopping, controlling or ceasing of inflow of karmic matter into the soul, Bandha is the union of jiva with pudgala (matter) or soul with non-soul particles. Nirjara means shedding off, drying up or destruction.

Question : 4

Which of the following is not a text of Buddhism?

a) Acharanga Sutra

b) Jatakas

c) Sumangalavilasini

d) Digh Nikaya

Answer: (a)

Acharanga Sutra is not a text of Buddhism. It is a canonical sacred text of Jainism based on Lord Mahavira’s teachings.

Question : 5

Who was the founder of Pashupat Sampradaya?

a) Lakulisha

b) Kulshekhar

c) Shambhunath

d) Bhavbhuti

Answer: (a)

According to scholars, Lakulisha is the founder of the Pashupata Shaivism sect. According to a tradition stated in the Linga Purana, Lakulisha is considered as the 28th and the last Avatar manifestation of Shiva and the propounder of Yoga system.

Question : 6

Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because:

a) He was a great dialectician

b) Like Einstein he had a rare insight into the nature of the universe

c) He was one of the greatest physicists of all time

d) He propounded the theory of shunyavada similar to Einstein’s theory of relativity

Answer: (d)

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