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(a) Ajatsatru
(b) Aniruddha
(c) Udayabhadra
(d) Bimbisara
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
According to the scriptures of all Buddhist schools, the first Buddhist Council was held soon after the Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha, dated by the majority of recent scholars around 400 BCE, under the patronage of king Ajatasatru with the monk Mahakasyapa presiding, at Sattapanni caves Rajgriha.
Its objective was to preserve the Buddha’s sayings and the monastic discipline or rules (Vinaya).
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Question : 1
Who amongst the following is known as the Light of Asia?
a) Lord Buddha
b) Jesus Christ
c) Zarathustra
d) Prophet Mohammad
Answer »Answer: (a)
Gautam Buddha, who was prince Siddhartha of Kapilavastu in India/Asia before his enlightenment, is called “The Light of Asia”.
Question : 2
Which of the following was not one of the reasons for the rapid spread of Jainism amongst the trading community?
a) The encouragement of frugality in Jainism coincided with a similar sentiment incommercial activity
b) The trading community could observe the vow of non-injury without any difficulty
c) The s trict l imitation of pri vate prope rty w as interpreted to mean landed property and not the wealth earned from trade and commerce
d) The Jain temples received generous donations from rich merchants
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 3
Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Buddhist Sangha?
- The monks were organized into the Sangha for the purpose of spreading his teachings.
- There was no separate code for nuns in the Sangha.
- The membership was open to all persons, male or female and without any caste restrictions.
- The Sangha was governed on democratic lines and was empowered to enforce discipline among its members.
a) 2, 3, and 4
b) 1, 2, and 3 only
c) 1, 3, and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer »Answer: (c)
There was a special code for nuns restricting their residence and movement. Owing to the organised efforts made by the Sangha, Buddhism made rapid progress in North India even during Buddha’s lifetime.
Magadha, Kosala, Kausambi and several republican states of North India embraced this religion.
Question : 4
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by from the codes given below the lists:
List I | List II |
(Tirthankara) | (Birthplace) |
A. Rishabhanatha | 1. Kashi |
B. Sambhavanatha | 2. Kausambi |
C. Padmanabha | 3. Saravasti |
D. Parashvanath | 4. Ayodhya |
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 1 2 3 4
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 5
The Tripitaka was written in
a) Kharosthi
b) Brahmi
c) Sanskrit
d) Pali
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Tripitaka is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language. It is the most complete extant early Buddhist canon. It was composed in North India, and preserved orally until it was committed to writing during the Fourth Buddhist Council in Sri Lanka in 29 BCE, approximately four hundred and fifty four years after the death of Gautama Buddha.
Question : 6
Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Buddhism?
- It is believed that soon after the Buddha’s death a council was called at Rajagriha where Upali recited the Sutta Pitaka and Ananda recited the Vinaya Pitaka.
- It considered the world as full of misery.
- Man’s duty is to seek liberation from this painful world.
- It strongly criticised blind faith in the traditional scriptures like the Vedas.
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 »Answer: (d)
It is believed that soon after the Buddha’s death a council was called at Rajagriha where Upali recited the Vinaya Pitaka (rules of the order) and Ananda recited the Sutta Pitaka (Buddha’s sermons or doctrines and ethics).
Sometime later the Abhidhamma Pitaka consisting of the Buddhist philosophy came into existence. Buddhism stood between the two extremes: unrestrained individualistic self-indulgence and equally individualistic but preposterous ascetic punishment of the body.
Hence it’s a steady rise and its name ‘The Middle Way’.
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