buddhism jainism & religious movement Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 21

Match List I (Personalities) with List II (Relationship with Mahavira) and select the answer from the codes given below the lists:  

a) I-E, II-A, III-C, IV-B

b) I-A, II-D, III-B, IV-E

c) I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C

d) I-D, II-A, III-E, IV-B

Question : 22 [UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004]

Which one of the following was not a Jain Tirthankara?

a) Nemi

b) Chandraprabhu

c) Nathamuni

d) Sambhav

Question : 23

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

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

b) Chaityas represent Mahayanism and Stupas Hinayanism

c) Chaitya is a religious term, while Stupa is an architectural term for a mound containing a relic of the Buddha and later on of leading Buddhist Saints

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

Question : 24

Mathura became the hub of Jain religion during the reign of the

a) Kushanas

b) Mauryas

c) Guptas

d) Parthians

Question : 25

Statement I:
Mahavira initially joined a group of ascetics called Nirgranthas.
Statement II:
The sect was founded 200 years earlier by Parsva.

a) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false

b) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true

c) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

d) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I