Question Answer Set - 7 for WBCS/Group D/Rail/WBP/WBPSC Exam

Question Answer Set - 7 for WBCS/Group D/Rail/WBP/WBPSC Exam

79. Buddha means :
(a) The enlightened one
(b) The religious preacher
(c) The genius
(d) The powerful
80. Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana at
(a) Kapilvastu (b) Kushinagar
(c) Bodhgaya (d) Rajgriha
81. The second Buddhist council was held during the
region of
(a) Ajatashatru (b) Kanishka
(c) Kalashoka (d) Ashoka
82. Who is supposed to be the future Buddha in
Mahayana Buddhism?
(a) Krakuchanda (b) Amitabha
(c) Maitreya (d) Kanak Muni
83. Where did the Mahasamghika school arise ?
(a) Bodhagaya (b) Rajagriha
(c) Sravasti (d) Vaishali
84. Which of the following is not a text of Buddhism?
(a) Jatakas (b) Acharanga Sutra
(c) Digh Nikaya (d) Sumangalavilasini
85. Where was the order of nuns established by
Gautama Buddha ?
(a) Kapilvastu (b) Vaishali
(c) Rajgriha (d) Sravasti
86. The earliest epigraphic evidence mentioning the
birth place of Sakyamuni Buddha is obtained
from
(a) Sarnath (b) Sravasti
(c) Kausambi (d) Rummindei
87. What is Kalyan Mitra in Buddhist philosophy?
(a) Prabandhan (b) Dharmachakra
(c) Astangika Marg (d) Triratna
88. To whom of his following disciples did Buddha
preach his last sermon?
(a) Anand (b) Sariputra
(c) Subhadra (d) Upali
89. Main element (features) of Buddhist philosophy
is
(a) Pratitya Samutpad (b) Jiva and Ajiva
(c) Syadvada (d) Triratna
90. In which language, did Mahavir Swami deliver
his sermons?
(a) Sanskrit (b) Ardha-Magadhi
(c) Vaidarbhi (d) Suraseni
91. The twenty-third Jain Tirthankara was associated
with
(a) Vaishali (b) Kausambi
(c) Varanasi (d) Sravasti
92. Which one among the following Tirthankaras
was according to the Svetamber tradition, a lady?
(a) Sumatinatha (b) Shantinatha
(c) Mallinatha (d) Arishtanemi
93. The teaching of Parsvanatha is collectively
known as
(a) Triratna (b) Pancha Mahavrata
(c) Panchsila (d) Chaturyama
94. The Jain Tirthankara Mahavira has been
mentioned in the early Buddhist literature as
(a) Nigantha Nataputta
(b) Vardhamana
(c) Vesaliya
(d) Videhaputta
95. The first meeting of Ghosal with Mahavir Swami
was held at
(a) Champa (b) Vaishali
(c) Takshshila (d) Nalanda
96. The Tripitaka was written in
(a) Brahmi (b) Kharosthi
(c) Pali (d) Sanskrit
97. Who amongst the following is known as the Light
of Asia?
(a) Jesus Christ
(b) Lord Buddha
(c) Prophet Mohammad
(d) Zarathustra
98. Who was the author of Buddha Charita?
(a) Asvaghosha (b) Nagarjuna
(c) Nagasen (d) Vasumitra
99. Which one of the following is not included in the
eight-fold path of Buddhism?
(a) Right speech (b) Right contemplation
(c) Right desire (d) Right conduct
100. Yapaniya was a school of
(a) Buddhism (b) Janism
(c) Shaivism (d) Vaisnavism

101. Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana in the republic
of
(a) Mallas (b) Lichhavis
(c) Shakyas (d) Palas
102. Where was the third Buddhist council held?
(a) Vaishali (b) Pataliputra
(c) Kashmir (d) Rajgriha
103. Which one of the following is not a part of early
Jains literature?
(a) Therigatha (b) Acarangasutra
(c) Sutrakritanga (d) Brihatkalpasutra
104. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by
(a) Mahayana Buddhism
(b) Himayana Buddhism
(c) Jainism
(d) The Lokayata School
105. In the Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhisatya
Avalokitesvar was also known as
(a) Vajrapani (b) Manjusri
(c) Padmapani (d) Maitreya
106. Who among the following was not a contemporary
of the other three?
(a) Bimbsara (b) Gautama Buddha
(c) Milinda (d) Prasenjit
107. The fourth Buddhist council was convened during
the region of king
(a) Ashoka (b) Kaniska
(c) Kalashok (d) Ajatasatru
108. Buddha was born at
(a) Lumbini (b) Kapilvastu
(c) Pataliputra (d) Vaishali
109. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
(a) Gnathrika (b) Maurya
(c) Shakya (d) Koliya
110. Who presided over the fourth Buddhist council in
Kashmir?
(a) Asvagosha (b) Upagupta
(c) Vasumitra (d) Mahakasyapa
111. Who of the following was a contemporary of
Gautama Buddha?
(a) Bhadrabahu (b) Kalashok
(c) Parsvanath (d) Vardhaman Mahavir
112. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Rock-cut caves coexist
at
(a) Ajanta (b) Elephanta
(c) Ellora (d) Karle
113. Lumbini was the birth place of Gautam Buddha is
attested by an inscription of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Pushyamitra Shunga
(c) Kanishka
(d) Harsha
114. At which place, did Gautam Buddha give his first
sermon ?
(a) Vaishali (b) Vallabhi
(c) Rajgriha (d) Sarnath
115. Sarnath is in the state of
(a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat (d) Uttar Pradesh
116. Svetambara Agama was finally edited at the Jain
council of
(a) Vaishali (b) Vallabhi
(c) Pawa (d) Vidarbha
117. Which one of the following is considered the best
Stupa?
(a) Amravati (b) Bharhut
(c) Sanchi (d) Bodhgaya
118. The first Buddhist council was held during the
region of
(a) Aniruddha (b) Ajatsatru
(c) Bimbisara (d) Udayabhadra
119. The originator of the Jain religion is
(a) Rishabhdeo (b) Arya Sudharma
(c) Mahavir Swami (d) Parshvanath
120. The Stupa site not connected with any incident of
Buddha’s life is
(a) Sarnath (b) Sanchi
(c) Kushinagar (d) Bodhgaya
121. Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy of
which one of the following?
(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism
(c) Sikhism (d) Vaishnavism
122. Milinda Panho is in the form of a dialogue
between the king Menander and Buddhist Monk
(a) Nagasena (b) Nagarjuna
(c) Nagabhatta (d) Kumarilbhatta
123. According to Boddhist, the main aim of life is
(a) Nirvana (b) Moksha
(c) Kaivalya (d) Nirjara


Answer Key :

79. (a) The word Buddha actually means enlightened
one and is the name given to Gautama Siddhartha
after his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.
80. (b) Kushinagar is an important Buddhist pilgrimage
site, where Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana
after his death.
81. (c) The Second Buddhist council took place
approximately one hundred years after the Buddha’s
parinirvana. King Kalashoka was the Second
Council’s patron and the meeting took place at
Vaishali.
82. (c) MahayanaBuddhism emerged in the first century
CE as a more liberal, accessible interpretation of
Buddhism. Maitreya is a transcendent Bodhisattva
named as the universal Buddha of a future time in
Mahayana Buddhism.
83. (d) 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.
84. (b) Acharanga Sutra is not a text of Buddhism. It
is a canonical sacred text of Jainism based on Lord
Mahavira’s teachings.
85. (b) The order of Buddhist monks and nuns was
founded by Gautama Buddha during his lifetime
over 2500 years ago. Buddha instituted a community
of nuns in Vaishali at the request of his aunt

86. (d) Rummindei Pillar Inscription says that The
Beloved of the Gods, the king Piyadassi, when he
had been consecrated twenty years, came in person
find referenced the place where Buddha Sakyamuni
was born. He caused a stone enclosure to be made
and a stone pillar to be erected. As the Lord was born
here in the village of Lumbini, he has exempted it
from tax, and fixed its contribution [i.e. of grain] at
one-eighth.
87. (c) Astangika Marg is Kalyan Mitra in Buddhist
philosophy. Buddha’s Astangika Marga are :
Right belief, Right thought, Right speech, Right
action, Right living, Right effort, Right recollection
and Right meditation.
88. (c) Buddha’s last ordained disciple was a very old
Brahmin in the name of Subhadra who came to pay
his last respects to him and asked for ordination.
Immediately after ordination, Subhadra attained
enlightenment and passed away.
89. (a) Pratitya Samutpad is the main element of
Buddhist philosophy. It refers to one of the central
concepts in the Buddhist tradition that all things arise
in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions.
90. (b) Mahavir Swami delivered his first sermon in
the language of the common people called Ardha
Magadhi and Prakrit.
91. (c) Tirthankar Parshvanath was the son of king
Ashvasena and queen Vama of Varanasi. He achieved
Nirvana on the Sammet Sikhar. He lived in Varanasi
around 800 BC. Parsvanatha is the 23rd Jain
Tirthankar.
92. (c) Svetambaras maintain that the 19th Tirthankara,
Mallinath, was a woman. They also believe that
women are able to obtain Moksha.
93. (d) Parsvanatha was the twenty-third Tirthankara of
Jainism. Chaturyama Dharma the ‘fourfold teaching’
of the Parshvanath. Chaturyama Dharma, abstention
from violence, theft, untruth and acquisitiveness.
94. (a) In the Buddhist Pali Canon, Mahavira is referred
to as Nigantha Nataputta. Nigantha Nataputta refers
to. A Nirgrantha refers to Jains. A person who has
attained Kevalya can be a Nirgrantha.
96. (c) The Tripitaka is the standard collection of
scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as
preserved in the Pali language. It is the most complete
extant early Buddhist canon. It was composed
in North India, and preserved orally until it was
committed to writing during the Fourth Buddhist
Council in Sri Lanka in 29 BCE, approximately
four hundred and fifty four years after the death of
Gautama Buddha.
97. (b) Gautam Buddha, who was prince Siddhartha of
Kapilavastu in India/Asia before his enlightenment,
is called “The Light of Asia”.
98. (a) Buddha Charita (Acts of the Buddha) is an epic
poem in the Sanskrit Mahakavya style on the life of
Gautama Buddha by Asvaghosa, composed in the
early second century CE.
99. (c) The eightfold Path in Buddhism, is an early
formulation of the path to enlightenment. The idea
of the Eightfold Path appearsfrom the firstsermon of
the Buddha, which delivered after his enlightenment.
Right desire is not included in the Eight fold path of
Buddhism.
100. (b) Yapaniya was a school of Jainism. The saints
of the Yapaniya school practised nudity like the
Digambaras and believed in the liberation of women
in conformity with the Svetambaras.
101. (a) Lord Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana at
Kushinagar, the mortal remains of Tathagat were kept
in the ‘parliament house’, of the Republic of Mallas.
102. (b) According to the Theravada commentaries
and chronicles, the Third Buddhist Council was
convened by the Mauryan king Ashoka at Pataliputra
(today’s Patna), under the leadership of the monk
Moggaliputta Tissa. Its objective was to purify the
Buddhist movement, particularly from opportunistic
factions which had been attracted by the royal
patronage.
103. (a) Therigatha is not a part of early Jains literature.
The Therigatha is a Buddhist scripture, a collection
of short poems supposedly recited by early members
of the Buddhist Sangha in India around 600 BC.
104. (c) In Jainism, Ahinsa is the standard by which all
actions are judged. For a householder observing the
small vows (anuvrata), the practice of ahinsa requires
that one should not kill any animal life.

105. (c) Avalokitesvara is one of the most widely revered
Bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism,
as well as unofficially in Theravada Buddhism.
In Sanskrit, Avalokitesvara is also referred to as
Padmapani (Holder of the Lotus) or Lokesvara (Lord
of the World).
106. (c) King Milinda was not a contemporary of the
other three given in the option. Milinda in Indian Pali
sources was a Greek of the Indo-Greek kingdom (165
BC–130 BC) who established a large empire in the
South Asia and became a patron of Buddhism.
107. (b) Fourth Buddhist Council is the name of two
separate Buddhist council meetings. The first one
was held in the 1st century BC, in Sri Lanka. The
2nd Fourth Buddhist Council is said to have been
convened by the Kushan emperor Kanishka, perhaps
in 78 CE in Jalandhar or in Kashmir.
108. (a) The Lord Buddha was born in 623 BC in the
sacred area of Lumbini located in the Terai plains of
southern Nepal, testified by the inscription on the
pillar erected by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in 249
BC.
109. (c) Siddhartha’s caste was the Kshatriya. He
belonged to the Shakya clan and was born in the
royal family. His father was Suddhodana and his
mother was Maya. Because of this, he was known as
Shakyamuni “sage of the Shakya clan”, which is the
most common name used in the Mahayana literature
to refer to the Buddha.
110. (c) The Fourth Buddhist Council was presided over
by Vasumitra in Kashmir during the reign of Kanishka
and had to deal with a serious conflict between the
Sarvasthivada teachers of Kashmir and Gandhara.
112. (c) The Ellora caves are an impressive complex of
Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples carved out
of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills between
the 6th and 10th centuries AD near the ancient Indian
village of Ellora.
114. (d) Sarnath, isthe place where Gautam Buddha first
gave his sermon after his enlightenment. It is one of
the most sacred places for Buddhist after Bodhgaya
where he got enlightenment.
115. (d) Sarnath is located 13 kilometres north-east of
Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh.
116. (b) Vallabhi has been a famous Jain centre. It was
here in 453 or 466 AD, the Vallabhi council of the
Jains produced in writing the religious canon under
the head of the shraman Devardhigani. Svetambara
Agama was finally edited at the Jain council of
Vallabhi.
117. (c) Sanchi is considered as the best Stupa. The
‘Great Stupa’ at Sanchi is the oldest stone structure
in India and was originally commissioned by the
emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BC.
118. (b) According to the scriptures of all Buddhist
schools, the first Buddhist Council was held soon
after the Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha, dated by
the majority of recent scholars around 400 BCE,
under the patronage of king Ajatasatru with the monk
Mahakasyapa presiding, at Sattapanni caves Rajgriha.
Its objective was to preserve the Buddha’s sayings
and the monastic discipline or rules (Vinaya).
119. (a) Jain belief goes to accept unanimously Rishabh
Dev as the founder of Jain religion. Evidences of
this fact are available to the worship of Tirthankar
Rishabh Dev was in vogue before 1st Century BC
There is no doubt that Jain religion has been practised
before Vardhman as well as before Parsvanath.
Names of Rishabh Dev, Ajitnath and Aristhnemi were
indicated inYajurveda. Bhagwat Puran also confirms
that Rishabh Dev was the founder of Jain religion.
120. (b) Sanchi is the oldest extant Buddhist sanctuary.
Although Buddha never visited the site during any
of his former lives or during his earthly existence.
121. (b) Anekantavada is one of the most important and
fundamental doctrines of Jainism. It refers to the
notion that truth and reality are perceived differently
from diverse points of view, and that no single point
of view is the complete truth.
122. (a) Milinda Panha is in the form of a dialogue
between the Greek King Milinda (Minander I) and
the Buddhist monk Nagasena.
124. (c) Mahavira added Brahmacharya (Celibacy) to the
Chaturyama system established by the twenty-third
Tirthankara Parshvanath. Thus, he based it on five
principles–Ahinsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and
Aparigraha