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113. Lumbini was the birth place of Gautam Buddha is

attested by an inscription of

(a) Ashoka

(b) Pushyamitra Shunga

(d) Harsha

114. At which place, did Gautam Buddha give his first

sermon ?

(a) Vaishali (b) Vallabhi

115. Sarnath is in the state of

(a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra

116. Svetambara Agama was finally edited at the Jain

council of

(a) Vaishali (b) Vallabhi

117. Which one of the following is considered the best

Stupa?

(a) Amravati (b) Bharhut

118. The first Buddhist council was held during the

region of

(a) Aniruddha (b) Ajatsatru

119. The originator of the Jain religion is

(a) Rishabhdeo (b) Arya Sudharma

120. The Stupa site not connected with any incident of

Buddha’s life is

(a) Sarnath (b) Sanchi

121. Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy of

which one of the following?

(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism

122. Milinda Panho is in the form of a dialogue

between the king Menander and Buddhist Monk

(a) Nagasena (b) Nagarjuna

123. According to Boddhist, the main aim of life is

(a) Nirvana (b) Moksha

124. Which of the following principles was added to

Jainism by Mahavira?

(a) Satya (b) Ahinsa

125. Which of the following places is associated with

Jainism?

(a) Kapilvastu (b) Pava

126. Who is believed by the Jainas to be the first

Tirthankar?

(a) Rishabhadeva (b) Mahavira

127. Who was the teacher of Gautam Buddha?

(a) Gautam (b) Alara Kalam

128. Tripitaka texts are related with which religion?

(a) Vedic (b) Buddhism

129. Which of the following is not representation of

Buddhist art?

(a) Stupa (b) Vihar

130. Who was the founder of Mahayan sect of

Buddhism?

(a) Buddhadeva (b) Ghoshak

131. Who founded the Lingayat Movement?

(a) Basava (b) Lakulisha

132. Who was the founder of Pashupat Sampradaya?

(a) Kulshekhar (b) Lakulisha

133. Who was the founder of Sunyavada?

(a) Asang (b) Basubandhu

134. Who was the founder of Vigyanvada or

Yogachar?

(a) Ashvaghosh (b) Nagasen

135. Who was the founder of Aajivak Sampradaya?

(a) Puran Kasyapa (b) Makkali Gosala

136. Who was the founder of Lokayat sect?

(a) Brihaspati (b) Manu

137. Syadvad is a doctrine of

(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism

138. Who became the chief of Jain Sangh after the

death of Mahavira?

(a) Indrabhuti (b) Jambu

139. Who among the following is given the credit of

carrying Jainism in South India?

(a) Indrabhuti (b) Sthulbhadra

140. Vikramshila Mahavihar was founded by

(a) Harsha (b) Gopal

141. Mahavir was born at

(a) Kapilvastu (b) Lumbini

142. Who was the last Tirthankara ?

(a) Mahavir Swami (b) Aristnemi

143. The first Jain council was convened during the

reign of

(a) Bimbisara

(b) Shisunaga

(d) Chandragupta Maurya

144. In which of the following places, Mahavir Swami

gave his first sermon?

(a) Vaishali (b) Rajgriha

145. In which Jain council, Jain dharm was divided in

Svetamber and Digamber?

(a) First council (b) Second council

146. Who was the president of first Jain council?

(a) Bhadrabahu (b) Sthalabahu

147. Who was the author of Kalpsutra?

(a) Vasumitra (b) Hemchandra

148. Mahavir Swami breathed his last at

(a) Rajgriha (b) Pawapuri

149. The custom Santhara is related to which of the

following sects?

(a) Jain (b) Buddha

150. The first sermon of Buddha made at Saranath is

called

(a) Dharmachakra Parivartan

(b) Dharma Sansthapan

(d) Maha Parinirvan

151. In the Bhagawat religion, the number of forms of

Bhakti

(a) 10 (b) 9

152. Amaravati Stupa is situated in

(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh

153. Mother of Gautam Buddha belonged to which

dynasty?

(a) Shakya dynasty (b) Maya dynasty

154. Who became the first follower of Mahavira?

(a) Jamali (b) Yashoda

155. Who installed the grand image of Gomateshwar

at Shravanbelgola?

(a) Chamundaraya (b) Krishna I

156. Buddha is depicted on the coins of

(a) Wima Kadphises (b) Kanishka

Answer Key :

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.

125. (b) Pawapuri or Pava is a holy site for Jains located

in Nalanda district in Bihar. Around 5th Century

BCE, Mahavira, the last Tirthankara of Jainism

achieved Moksha or Nirvana here.

127. (b) Alara Kalama was a hermit saint and a teacher

of yogic meditation who lived near Rajgriha. He

was one of the teachers of Gautama Buddha. Under

Alara Kalama Gautama, Buddha practised austerities.

Alara taught Gautama Buddha many things including

meditation.

129. (d) Relic tower is not a representation of Buddhist

art. Buddhist architecture consist mainly of Chaityas,

Viharas, Stupas and Stambhas.

130. (d) Asanga was born as the son of a Kshatriya father

and Brahmin mother in Purusapura. Current scholars

place him in the fourth century CE. He was perhaps

originally a member of the Mahisasaka school or

the Mulasarvastivada school but later converted to

Mahayana.

131. (a) The Lingayat Community was founded by

Basava in the 12th century AD. The Lingayats

are Virashaivites Saivite. The philosophy of the

Lingayatas was influenced by the teachings of

both Shankarachary and Ramanuja. This sect was

characterised by an anti-Brahmanical spirit.

132. (b) According to scholars, Lakulisha is the

founder of the Pashupata Shaivism sect. According

to a tradition stated in the Linga Purana, Lakulisha

is considered as the 28th and the last Avatar

manifestation of Shiva and the propounder of Yoga

system.

133. (d) Sunyavada was founded by an Indian Buddhist

philosopher Nagarjuna (150 – 250 CE) and based

on the Prajnaparamita Sutras, expounding the

philosophy of emptiness, voidness (Sunyata), which

later also influenced Ch’an in China and Zen in Japan.

134. (c) Maitreyanatha ( 270–350 CE) is one of the three

founders of the Vigyanvada or Yogachar school

of Buddhist philosophy, along with Asanga and

Vasubandhu.

135. (b) Ajivika, an ascetic sect that emerged in India

about the same time as Buddhism and Jainism and

that lasted until the 14th century. It was founded

by Goshala Maskariputra (also called Gosala

Makkhaliputta).

136. (a) The terms Lokayata and Carvaka have

historically been used to denote the philosophical

school of Indian Materialism. Carvaka and Ajita

Kesakambalin are said to have established Indian

Materialism as a formal philosophical system,

but some still hold that Brihaspati was its original

founder. Brihaspati authored the classic work on

Indian Materialism, the Brihaspati Sutra.

137. (b) Syadvad is a doctrine of Jainism. Syadvad is the

philosophy of seeing an individual or an object from

various points of view; trying to understand them and

acquiring the right knowledge of those things.

138. (d) After the death of Mahavira, one of his disciple

Sudharma Swami is said to have taken over the

leadership. He was the head of Jain community till

515 BCE.

140. (d) In 8th century, King Dharampal of Pal dynasty

formed the world famous Vikramshila Mahavihar in

Antichak village, Kahalgaon.

141. (c) Lord Mahavira was the twenty-fourth and

last Tirthankara of Jain religion. He was born in

Kundagrama, i.e. Basukund of today in 599 BC.

143. (d) First Jain council was held at Pataliputra by

Sthalabahu in the beginning of the third century BC

during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya.

144. (b) Bhagwan Mahavir’s firstsermon (called ‘Divya-

Dhwani’) was delivered on ‘Vipulachala Hill’ near

‘Rajgrahi’. In his preaches, he gave emphasis on

non-violence, non-attachment and on Anekant and

Syadvada.

145. (a) The first Jain council (conference) of monks

was held in Pataliputra about 160 years after Lord

Mahavira’s nirvana. Monk Bhadrabahu, who had the

knowledge of all 12 Angas, could not be present at

that meeting. The rest of the monks could compile

only the first eleven Angas by recollection and thus,

the twelfth Anga was lost. The monks from the South

did not agree with this compilation, and the firstsplit

in Jainism started. Jains divided into two main groups,

Svetambaras and Digambaras. Svetambara monks

wore white clothes. Digambara monks did not wore

any clothes at all.

147. (c) The Kalpa Sutra is a Jain text containing the

biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras. Bhadrabahu is

considered the author of the text and it is traditionally

said to have been composed about one hundred and

fifty years after Nirvana of Mahavira.

149. (a) The custom Santhara is related to Jain sects.

Santhara, a Jain spiritual practice which entails a

voluntary giving up of one’s life through fasting.

150. (a) The Dharmachakra Parivartan is said to be the

first teaching given by the Buddha after he attained

enlightenment. It is taught that the Buddha attained

enlightenment while sitting under the Bodhi tree by

the river Neranjara, in Bodhgaya.

152. (c) The Amravati Stupa is a famous specimen of

the Buddhist art and architecture of ancient India. It

is located at Amravati in Andhra Pradesh. Amravati

was the capital of the ancient Satavahana dynasty,

came under influence of the Buddhist faith through

the Kushanas.

153. (d) Maya was the mother of the Buddha and was

from the Koliyan clan. Maya was born in Devadaha in

ancient Nepal. She was married to King Suddhodana,

who ruled in the kingdom of Kapilavastu.

154. (a) Mahavira was married to Yashoda and produced

a daughter whose husband, Jamali, became the first

disciple of Mahavira.

155. (a) The grand image of Gomoteshwara was installed

by Chavundaraya in 988 AD at Sharavanbelgola.

Chamundaraya was a military commander, poet and

a minister in the court of the Western Ganga Dynasty

of Talakad in present day Karnataka.

156. (b) Kanishka’s coins portray images of Indian,

Greek, Iranian and even Sumero-Elamite divinities,

demonstrating the religious syncretism in his beliefs.

The Buddhist coins of Kanishka are comparatively

rare. Several coins show Kanishka on the obverse and

the Buddha standing on the reverse, in Hellenistic

style.

Question Answer Set - 8 for WBCS/Group D/Rail/WBP/WBPSC Exam

Question Answer Set - 8 for WBCS/Group D/Rail/WBP/WBPSC Exam

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