buddhism jainism & religious movement Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Mahasanghika is the name of an early Buddhist school in India, during the Second Buddhist council held at Vaishali. The Mahasanghika school represents the first major schism ever recorded in Buddhism.

Answer: (d)

The Charvaka School of philosophy holds that knowledge is the product of the combination of four elements which leaves no trace after death. Charvaka philosophy deals with the materialistic philosophy.

It is also known as the Lokayata Philosophy– the philosophy of the masses.

According to Charvaka, there is no other world. Charvaka recognises no existence other than this material world. Since God, soul, and heaven, cannot be perceived, they are not recognised by Charvakas.

Answer: (c)

Vedang is auxiliary to the four Vedas essential for the correct interpretation of the Vedas.

Mundaka Upanisad mentions that there are six Vedanga which is as follows:

1. Siksha is related to sound, letters, pronunciation, the method of teaching and learning of these basic elements.
2. Kalpa: Vedic system involves Karmakaanda (system of prescribed acts and rituals).
3. Vyaakaran / Grammar:- Vyakarana is considered to be a principal part of the six Vedaangas.
4. Nirukta:- Nirukta is a kind of commentary on Nighantu, which is a collection of difficult words of the Veda.
5. The composition of the Vedas indicates consummate development of the knowledge of the poetic meter, chhandas.
6. The sixth Vedaanga relates to Jyotisa - astronomy and astrology. Jyotisa is considered to be the science of light, and it is looked upon as the eyes among the Vedaangas.

Answer: (d)