buddhism jainism & religious movement Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 26

Who installed the grand image of Gomateshwar at Shravanbelgola?

a) Krishna I

b) Chamundaraya

c) Tejpal

d) Kumar Pal

Answer: (b)

The grand image of Gomoteshwara was installed by Chavundaraya in 988 AD at Sharavanbelgola. Chamundaraya was a military commander, poet and a minister in the court of the Western Ganga Dynasty of Talakad in present day Karnataka.

Question : 27

Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy of which one of the following?

a) Jainism

b) Buddhism

c) Vaishnavism

d) Sikhism

Answer: (a)

Anekantavada is one of the most important and fundamental doctrines of Jainism. It refers to the notion that truth and reality are perceived differently from diverse points of view, and that no single point of view is the complete truth.

Question : 28

It is believed that soon after the Buddha’s death a council was called at Rajagriha where:

  1. Upali recited the Vinaya Pitaka (rules of the order).
  2. Ananda recited the Sutta Pitaka (Buddha’s sermons or doctrines and ethics).
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) 1 and 2 Both

d) None;

Answer: (c)

First Buddhist Council was held in 400 BC soon after the mahaparinirvana of the Buddha, around 400 BC under the patronage of king Ajatshatru with the monk Mahakasyapa presiding, at Rajgriha, in the Sattapani Cave.

Question : 29

What was the nature of difference between Bhadrabahu and his followers, which led to the split of Jainism into two sects, namely Digambaras and Svetambaras?

a) Idol worship

b) Interpretation of certain philosophical canons

c) Compilation of the teachings of Mahavira

d) Whether or not the monks should wear clothes

Answer: (d)

Question : 30

The earliest epigraphic evidence mentioning the birth place of Sakyamuni Buddha is obtained from

a) Sravasti

b) Sarnath

c) Rummindei

d) Kausambi

Answer: (c)

Rummindei Pillar Inscription says that The Beloved of the Gods, the king Piyadassi, when he had been consecrated twenty years, came in person find referenced the place where Buddha Sakyamuni was born. He caused a stone enclosure to be made and a stone pillar to be erected.

As the Lord was born here in the village of Lumbini, he has exempted it from tax and fixed its contribution [i.e. of grain] at one-eighth.

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