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Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings - II

Ancient Indian Buddhism, Jainism, and Architecture

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Chinese pilgrims Fa Xian and Xuan Zang travelled all the way from China to India in search of Buddhist texts.
b. Indian Buddhist teachers also travelled to far away places, carrying texts to disseminate the teachings of Buddha.
c. Dipavamsa chronicles the regional histories of Buddhism.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. a only
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Carefully prepared plaster cast copies of the eastern gate of the Sanchi Stupa were placed in European museums.
b. Sanchi Stupa was an important Buddhist centre.
c. Sanchi was declared a World Heritage Site in 1989.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. only a
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The rulers of Bhopal provided money for the preservation of the ancient site of the Sanchi Stupa.
b. John Marshall dedicated his important volumes on Sanchi to Shahjahan Begum, the ruler of Bhopal.
c. The French and the English sought Shahjahan Begum’s permission to take away the eastern gateway of the Sanchi Stupa to be placed in museums.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. only a
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. None of the Buddha’s speeches was written down during his lifetime.
b. After his death, his teachings were compiled by his disciples at a council of “elders” or senior monks at Vesali.
c. The compilation of Buddha's teachings is known as Tipitaka.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a only
  3. b only
  4. c only
  5. a and b
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was ordained as the first bhikkhuni by Gautam Buddha?

  1. His mother
  2. His wife
  3. His sister
  4. His foster mother
  5. His foster sister
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Buddha was named Siddhartha at birth.
b. He was the son of the chief of the Sakya clan.
c. Siddhartha explored several paths including bodily mortification before gaining enlightenment and becoming Buddha.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. only a
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Texts from some ancient traditions have not survived, so we know about them only from the works of other traditions. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect in light of this information?

a. Sutta Pitaka mentions the traditions of "Ajivikas" and "Lokayatas" through conversations between Ajatsattu and Buddha.
b. Lokayatas have often been described as fatalists: those who believe that everything is predetermined.
c. Ajivikas were usually described as materialists.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. a only
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Jain scholars produced literature in which of the following languages?

a. Prakrit
b. Pali
c. Sanskrit
d. Tamil

  1. a, b, c and d
  2. a, b and c
  3. a, c and d
  4. a, b and d
  5. b, c and d
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Many women who entered the sangha became teachers of dhamma and went on to become respected women who had attained liberation. Which of the following terms was used for such women?

  1. Bhikkhuni
  2. Metta
  3. Karuna
  4. Theri
  5. Dhamma
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The text of _______ included rules and regulations for those who joined the sangha or monastic order of Buddha.

  1. Abhidhamma Pitaka
  2. Vinaya Pitaka
  3. Sutta Pitaka
  4. Dipavamsa
  5. Mahavamsa
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where did Buddha give his first sermon?

  1. Sanchi
  2. Lumbini
  3. Bodh Gaya
  4. Sarnath
  5. Kusinagara
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Art historians had to acquire familiarity with hagiographies of the Buddha in order to understand Buddhist sculpture. What does the symbol of wheel represent in the Buddhist sculptures?

  1. Meditation of Buddha
  2. The renunciation of worldly goods
  3. The first sermon of the Buddha
  4. Strength and wisdom
  5. Maya, the mother of Buddha
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The stupas contained relics regarded as sacred.
b. According to a Buddhist text known as the Ashokavadana, Asoka ordered the construction of stupas in every important town.
c. 200 years after the time of the Buddha, Asoka erected a pillar at Lumbini.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and c
  3. b and c
  4. a and b
  5. only b
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Only men were allowed into the sangha.
b. The consensus for internal decisions of the sangha was arrived at through discussions.
c. The internal decisions for the sangha were taken by a vote on the subject.

  1. a and c
  2. b and c
  3. only a
  4. only b
  5. only c
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The ruins of the stupa at Amaravati were accidentaly discovered by a local Rajah in 1796.
b. Walter Elliot, the commissioner of Guntur visited Amaravati in 1854 and collected several sculpture panels and took them away to Madras.
c. These sculpture panels were called the Elliot panels after him.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. b and c
  4. a and c
  5. only a
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