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1.
Where was
the country of the Sakyas located?
a) In the plains of the Ganges
b) On the borders of India and Nepal
c) In western India near the Indus
d) In southern India near the Godavari
Answer: b) On the borders of India and Nepal
2.
Which
ruler annexed the country of the Sakyas?
a) Ajatasatru
b) Bimbisara
c) Virudhaka
d) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: c) Virudhaka
3.
What
significant event occurred in Pava, ruled by the Mallas?
a) Lord Buddha's birth
b) Mahavira's last breath
c) Lord Buddha's parinirvana
d) Coronation of Ajatasatru
Answer: b) Mahavira's last breath
4.
Where did
Lord Buddha achieve parinirvana?
a) Kapilavastu
b) Vaisali
c) Kusinagar
d) Mithila
Answer: c) Kusinagar
5.
Which
republic proved to be the most powerful during the period of conquest wars and
invasions?
a) The Sakyas of Kapilavastu
b) The Mallas of Kusinagar
c) The Lichchhavis of Vaisali
d) The Videhas of Mithila
Answer: c) The Lichchhavis of Vaisali
6.
How long
did the contest between the Lichchhavis and Ajatasatru last?
a) Five years
b) Ten years
c) Fifteen years
d) Twenty years
Answer: c) Fifteen years
7.
Which of
the following was not a republic mentioned in the text?
a) The Moriyas of Pippalivahana
b) The Kalamas of Kesaputta
c) The Magadhans of Rajagriha
d) The Kolliyas of Ramagrama
Answer: c) The Magadhans of Rajagriha
8.
The
Jnatrikas (Nayas) were based near which place?
a) Kapilavastu
b) Mithila
c) Kundalagrama near Vaisali
d) Sumsumasa
Answer: c) Kundalagrama near Vaisali
9.
Where was
Gautama Buddha born?
a) Kapilavastu
b) Vaisali
c) Lumbini
d) Bodh Gaya
Answer: c) Lumbini
10. Who raised Siddhartha after his mother, Maya, passed away?
a) Trishala
b) Prajapati Gautami
c) Yashodhara
d) Devadatta
Answer: b) Prajapati Gautami
11. What is the term for Siddhartha’s departure from home in
search of Truth?
a) Kalvalya
b) Mahabhinishkramana
c) Nirvana
d) Dharmachakrapravartana
Answer: b) Mahabhinishkramana
12. Where did Gautama Buddha attain enlightenment?
a) Kusinagar
b) Pavapuri
c) Bodh Gaya
d) Sarnath
Answer: c) Bodh Gaya
13. What did Siddhartha realise during his enlightenment?
a) The Great Peace was within his own heart.
b) The Truth could be found in rigid austerities.
c) Salvation depended on others.
d) Meditation required abandoning all teachings.
Answer: a) The Great Peace was within his own heart.
14. Where did Buddha deliver his first religious discourse?
a) Rajagriha
b) Sarnath
c) Vaisali
d) Kushinagar
Answer: b) Sarnath
15. How long did Buddha preach after attaining enlightenment?
a) 30 years
b) 40 years
c) 45 years
d) 50 years
Answer: c) 45 years
16. What was the cause of Buddha’s death, according to
tradition?
a) Poisoned food from an enemy
b) Bad mushrooms and pork
c) An epidemic in Pavapuri
d) Natural causes due to old age
Answer: b) Bad mushrooms and pork
17. To whom did Buddha give his last teaching?
a) Ananda and Subhadra
b) Devadatta and Suddhodhana
c) Alara Kalama and Uddaka
d) Yashodhara and Rahula
Answer: a) Ananda and Subhadra
18. What were Buddha’s last words?
a) "Truth lies beyond human understanding."
b) "Strive earnestly to work out your own salvation."
c) "All suffering comes to an end in this life."
d) "My journey is complete, and peace awaits."
Answer: b) "Strive earnestly to work out your own salvation."
19. Who among the following were early converts to Buddhism,
converted by Assaji?
a) Ananda and Upali
b) Sariputta and Moggallana
c) Kassapa and Vasa
d) Bimbisara and Ajatasatru
Answer: b) Sariputta and Moggallana
20. Which king of Magadha accepted Buddha's doctrines?
a) Prasenjit
b) Bimbisara
c) Ajatasatru
d) Both b and c
Answer: Both Bimbisara and Ajathashatru
21. Who gave Buddha rice milk at Bodh Gaya before his
enlightenment?
a) Alara Kalama
b) Sujata
c) Channa
d) Kanthaka
Answer: b) Sujata
22. What is the symbol associated with Buddha's Great
Renunciation?
a) Lotus
b) Horse
c) Bodhi Tree
d) Stupa
Answer: b) Horse
23. Which symbol represents Buddha's Enlightenment?
a) Vajra Asana and Bodhi Tree
b) Dharmachakra and Deer
c) Empty Throne and Horse
d) Footprint and Lotus
Answer: a) Vajra Asana and Bodhi Tree
24. What symbol is used for Buddha's First Sermon?
a) Stupa
b) Dharmachakra
c) Lion
d) Elephant
Answer: b) Dharmachakra
25. What is represented by the symbol of the Stupa?
a) Buddha's Birth
b) Buddha's Parinirvana
c) Buddha's Great Renunciation
d) Buddha's Enlightenment
Answer: b) Buddha's Parinirvana
26. What was Buddha's stance on the Vedas and rituals?
a) He upheld the Vedas as supreme knowledge.
b) He condemned elaborate rituals and rejected the infallibility of the Vedas.
c) He supported animal sacrifices in religious practices.
d) He promoted caste-based supremacy in spiritual matters.
Answer: b) He condemned elaborate rituals and rejected the infallibility
of the Vedas.
27. Which of the following is NOT one of Buddha's Four Noble
Truths?
a) The world is full of sorrows (dukkha).
b) The cause of sorrow is karma.
c) Desire is the cause of sorrow (trishna).
d) Sorrows can be removed by following the Eight-Fold Path.
Answer: b) The cause of sorrow is karma.
28. What is referred to as the "Great Roar of the
Lion" in Buddhism?
a) Buddha's Enlightenment
b) Buddha's Teachings
c) Buddha's First Sermon
d) Buddha's Parinirvana
Answer: b) Buddha's Teachings
29. What is the
"Middle Path" (Madhyama Pratipad) in Buddhism?
a) A combination of rituals and meditation
b) The Eight-Fold Path
c) The Four Noble Truths
d) The practice of austerities
Answer: b) The Eight-Fold Path
30. Which of the following is NOT part of the Eight-Fold Path?
a) Proper vision
b) Right aim
c) Self-denial
d) Proper livelihood
Answer: c) Self-denial
31. What does Nirvana literally mean in Buddhism?
a) Freedom from karma
b) Extinction of desire
c) Transmigration of soul
d) Realization of God
Answer: b) Extinction of desire
32. According to Buddha, the condition of a man in this life and
the next depends on:
a) The will of the gods
b) Ritual sacrifices
c) His deeds (karma)
d) The caste he belongs to
Answer: c) His deeds (karma)
33. Which is NOT one of the three characteristics of the world
described by Buddha?
a) Dukhamayi (sorrowful)
b) Anitya (transient)
c) Atman (eternal self or soul)
d) Anatman (soulless)
Answer: c) Atman (eternal self or soul)
34. What is the primary cause of rebirth according to Buddhist
doctrine?
a) Ritual purity
b) Desire and craving
c) Divine intervention
d) Social status
Answer: b) Desire and craving
35. The law of karma as taught by Buddha emphasizes that:
a) Actions determine future experiences.
b) Good deeds nullify bad karma instantly.
c) Salvation is achieved through sacrifices.
d) Karma is controlled by priests.
Answer: a) Actions determine future experiences.
36. What happens to an individual who ceases to sin, according
to the law of karma?
a) They achieve material wealth.
b) They are reborn in a higher caste.
c) They are no longer subject to rebirth.
d) They attain priesthood.
Answer: c) They are no longer subject to rebirth.
37. What is the nature of the world and everything it contains,
as per Buddhist doctrine?
a) Permanent and full of joy
b) Sorrowful, transient, and soulless
c) Illusory but eternal
d) Controlled by a supreme deity
Answer: b) Sorrowful, transient, and soulless
38. Why is understanding the three characteristics of the world
important in Buddhism?
a) It leads to the realization of God.
b) It is necessary to overcome suffering and attain salvation.
c) It enables individuals to accumulate wealth.
d) It validates the superiority of rituals.
Answer: b) It is necessary to overcome suffering and attain salvation.
39. What is the fundamental cause of the cycle of birth, death,
and rebirth according to the law of causation (pratityasamutpada)?
a) Desire
b) Ignorance
c) Karma
d) Soul existence
Answer: b) Ignorance
40. What are the five
components (skandhas) that form an individual according to Buddhism?
a) Karma, soul, consciousness, form, and nirvana
b) Form, sensations, perceptions, psychic dispositions, and consciousness
c) Desire, ignorance, karma, rebirth, and liberation
d) Mind, soul, body, form, and sensations
Answer: b) Form, sensations, perceptions, psychic dispositions, and
consciousness
41. Which of the following is NOT a condition for membership in
the Buddhist Sangha?
a) Being above 15 years of age
b) Being free from infectious diseases
c) Belonging to a specific caste
d) Not being in debt or in the service of the king
Answer: c) Belonging to a specific caste
42. What is the ceremony called where Buddhist monks confess
their offences at the end of the rainy retreat?
a) Uposatha b) Pavarana
c) Vasa d)
Sanghathera
Answer: b) Pavarana
43. 5. Which of the following practices was used in Sangha
assemblies for decision-making?
a) Verbal agreement
b) Drawing lots
c) Ballot voting with wooden sticks
d) Secret written ballots
Answer: c) Ballot voting with wooden sticks
44. What does the doctrine of "anatta" or
"anatman" teach?
a) The soul is eternal and exists in every being.
b) The soul does not exist, and the self is impermanent.
c) The soul is a divine spark connected to karma.
d) The soul is reborn through the process of reincarnation.
Answer: b) The soul does not exist, and the self is impermanent.
45. What was the purpose of Buddhist monasteries?
a) To provide a secluded place for rituals
b) To house monks for study and meditation
c) To offer refuge to the poor and sick
d) To perform elaborate ceremonies
Answer: b) To house monks for study and meditation
46. During the rainy season retreat (vasa), what were the monks
required to do?
a) Preach Buddhism to nearby households
b) Abstain from all contact with society
c) Meditate continuously without a break
d) Travel to spread Buddhist teachings
Answer: a) Preach Buddhism to nearby households
47. What special provision was included in the Sangha code of
rules for nuns?
a) Complete independence from monks
b) Additional restrictions on movement and residence
c) Equal privileges and responsibilities as monks
d) No supervision by monks
Answer: b) Additional restrictions on movement and residence
48. What did Buddha say about the existence of God?
a) He explicitly denied the existence of God.
b) He maintained silence or stated that gods were under the law of karma.
c) He taught that God was the ultimate cause of rebirth.
d) He encouraged worship of deities as part of salvation.
Answer: b) He maintained silence or stated that gods were under the law
of karma.
49. What was the first step for a person desiring initiation
into the Sangha?
a) Presenting a formal proposal to the Sangha
b) Shaving their head and putting on a yellow robe
c) Taking an oath of celibacy
d) Undergoing a lengthy training period
Answer: b) Shaving their head and putting on a yellow robe
50. What oath did initiates take during the initiation ceremony
into the Sangha?
a) To worship deities and the Sangha
b) To follow the path of karma and reincarnation
c) Fidelity to the triratna: the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha
d) To meditate and perform rituals daily
Answer: c) Fidelity to the triratna: the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the
Sangha
51. How many monks were required for a valid assembly of the
Sangha?
a) Five, regardless of the location
b) Ten, but reduced to five in border regions
c) Twelve d) Fifteen
Answer: b) Ten, but reduced to five in border regions
52. Who was not entitled to vote or form part of the quorum in
Sangha meetings?
a) Senior monks
b) Lay worshippers
c) Novices and women
d) Disciples under training
Answer: c) Novices and women
53. What did monks take as part of their vows?
a) A vow of silence for ten years
b) Observance of the ten commandments (sila)
c) A vow to meditate in isolation for one year
d) Abstinence from food and water during the day
Answer: b) Observance of the ten commandments (sila)
54. Why were stricter regulations imposed on nuns compared to
monks?
a) To prevent inequality in duties
b) To avoid indiscipline and immorality
c) To promote their leadership within the Sangha
d) To reduce their dependency on the monks
Answer: b) To avoid indiscipline and immorality
55. Why was Gautama Buddha initially reluctant to ordain women
as nuns?
a) He believed women could not follow the ten commandments.
b) He feared it might lead to indiscipline and immorality.
c) He thought women would not be accepted by society.
d) He believed the Sangha was not equipped to train women.
Answer: b) He feared it might lead to indiscipline and immorality.
56. What articles were monks forbidden to use?
a) Books, lamps, and robes
b) Personal decorations like garlands and scents
c) Food offered by lay worshippers
d) Meditative tools like beads and cushions
Answer: b) Personal decorations like garlands and scents
57. What was required for an initiate before being formally
ordained into the Sangha?
a) A recommendation from a senior monk
b) Training under a monk and approval by the assembly
c) A monetary offering to the Sangha
d) Publicly declaring their renunciation of material possessions
Answer: b) Training under a monk and approval by the assembly
58. What was the primary governing principle of the Sangha?
a) Hierarchical rule by senior monks
b) Autocratic leadership by the Buddha
c) Democratic decision-making and discipline enforcement
d) Strict military-style discipline
Answer: c) Democratic decision-making and discipline enforcement
59.What marks the start of the First Phase of Buddhism's history?
A)
The conversion of Asoka to Buddhism
B) The Buddha’s enlightenment (528 BC)
C) The fall of the Gupta Empire
D) The spread of Buddhism in South India
Answer: B) The Buddha’s enlightenment (528 BC)
60. Which event occurred during the Second Phase of Buddhism?
A)
The rise of Mahayana Buddhism
B) The conversion of Asoka to Buddhism
C) The destruction of Buddhist centers by Bakhtiyar Khalji
D) The foundation of Nalanda University
Answer: B) The conversion of Asoka to Buddhism
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