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Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings-1

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following tried to understand the mysteries of existence?

  1. Aristotle
  2. Socrates
  3. Mahavir and Buddha
  4. All of the above
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Non-injury to living beings is paramount in Jaina philosophy. Which of the following do you find wrong in this context?

  1. Non-injury to humans
  2. Non-injury to animals
  3. Non-injury to insects
  4. Plants could be hurt
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Jain scholars produced a wealth of literature in various languages. Which of the following is not included in it?

  1. Prakrit
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Telugu
  4. All of the above
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Bhopal – Shahjehan Begum
  2. Tirthankars – Bodh teachers (Buddhism)
  3. Stupa – Sanchi near Bhopal
  4. Hagiography – Saints
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Buddha’s followers included the undernoted social groups. Which of the following is not included in it?

  1. The kings
  2. Humbler folk
  3. Workers and slaves
  4. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The remnants convey a sense of vision of the following people. Who among them are correct?

  1. Artists
  2. Sculptors
  3. Architects
  4. All of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Following are the features of large temples. Which one is incorrect?

  1. Assembly halls
  2. Majestic gateways
  3. Arrangement for food and water
  4. Huge walls
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the following statements as true (T) or false (F).
(a) Tathagata was another name for Mahavira.
(b) Stupa in Sanskrit means a heap.
(c) Buddha’s real mother was Mahapajapati Gotami.
(d) Mahachaitya is at Amravati.

(e) Sanchi stupa was discovered in 1918.

  1. TFTFF
  2. FTFTF
  3. TFFFT
  4. FFTTF
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are advocated by Buddhist philosophy?

  1. The world is transient. (Anicca)
  2. The world is soulless. (Anatta)
  3. Sorrow (Dukkha) is intrinsic to human existence
  4. All of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are not the feature(s) of a stupa?

  1. It originated as a simple semi-circular mound of earth.
  2. Above the anda was Harmica, a balcony, the abode of gods.
  3. Arising from the harmika was a mast called yashti.
  4. Yashti was surmounted by a flag.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following people did not extend donations for raising Stupas?

  1. Kings
  2. Guilds
  3. Bhikkhus and Bikkhunis
  4. Common folk (men and women)
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The message of Buddha spread across the subcontinent and beyond. Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Japan
  2. Sri Lanka
  3. Malaysia
  4. Burma (Myanmar)
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Monastic existence is a necessary condition of salvation. Jain monks and nuns took the following vows. Which of them do you find wrong?

  1. To abstain from killing, stealing and lying
  2. To observe celibacy
  3. To abstain from possessing property
  4. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements are incorrect?
(1) Kailashnatha is another name for Shiva.
(2) Tipitaka literally meant three books.
(3) Garbhagriha was the inner room of a temple where the idol was installed.
(4) Kong Zi, a thinker, belonged to Burma.

  1. (a) and (b)
  2. (b) and (d)
  3. (c) and (d)
  4. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
1. Lumbini (i) Delivered first sermon
2. Bodh Gaya (ii) Attained nibbana
3. Sarnath (iii) Buddha’s birth place
4. Kusinagara (iv) Attained enlightenment
  1. 1 - iii, 2 - iv, 3 - i, 4 - ii
  2. 1 - ii, 2 - iii, 3 - i, 4 - iv
  3. 1 - iv, 2 - ii, 3 - iii, 4 - i
  4. None of these
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