Indian History Test Paper

101. What was the real cause for the split between the northern Jains and southern Jains?
(a) Idol worship
(b) Interpretation of Jain philoso
phy
(c) Whether to wear clothes or
t1)ove without them
(d) Compilation of the teachings
of Mahavira
102. Who wrote the Kalpasutra?
(a) Bhadrabhu
(b) Sthalabahu
(c) Gopala
(d) Gosala Maskariputra
103. Which of the following is not true of Buddha?
(a) He did not concern himself
with the problem of God or the soul.
(b) He declared that everything
in. the world was temporary.
(c) According to him desire was the cause of all misery.
(d) He glorified the concept of
self-mortification.
104. How many Buddhist councils were held in all?
(a) Two (b) Three
(c) Four (d) Five
105. ‘Dhamma-cakka-pavattana Sutta’ or the ‘Turning of the wheel of law’, which formed the nucleus of Buddhist teachings, consisted of three precepts which did not in clude
(a) the Middle Path
(b) the Four Noble Truths
(c) the belief in Bodhisattavas (d) the Eight-Fold Path
106. Which of the following was not a part of the Tripitakas (three bas kets)?
(a) Jatakas (b) Vinaya
(c) Sutta (d) Abhidhamma
107. Which of the following statements are true with regard to the differ ences between Mahayanism and Hinayanism?
1. Mahayanism placed reliance
on faith and devotion in order to attain nirvana whereas Hinayanism believed in the practice of self-culture and
good deeds. .
2. Mahayanism regards Buddha as an incarnation of God, whereas Hinayanism regards Buddha as a man whose birth as Buddha was his last birth before he attained nirvana.
3. The religious texts of Mahayanism were written mostly hi Sanskirt, whereas those of Hinayanism were in PalL
4. Mahayanism believed that the highest ideal of life is to help others attain nirvana, whereas Hinayanism regarded the sal vation of one’s own self as the
highest ideal.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1,2,3 and 4
108. Which of the following was not a fundamental point of difference between Buddhism and Jainism? (a) Buddhism differed from
Jainism in the fundamental concept of salvation.
(b) Buddhism was less accommo dating towards Hinduism than Jainism because it was totally opposed to the caste system.
(c) The Buddhist concept of soul was radically different from that of Jainism.
(d) Buddhism was a religion of the common masses, while Jainism was confined to .the mercantile community.
109. The Buddhist Councils were held to
(a)
(b)
preach the Middle Path compile Buddhist canons and settle disputes
(c) send religious missions abroad (d) do none of the above
110. With whom are the following lines associated: “The greatest of all conquerors is not he who con quers a thousand men a thousand times in battle, but he who con quers his own self?
(a) Parsvanatha (b) Mahavira
(c) Buddha (d) Krishna
111. Which of the following statements are causes for the decline of Buddhism?
I. Reformation of Buddhism II. Rise of Jainism
III. Foreign invasions
IV. Lack of royal patronage
V. The Buddhist institutions had
become inefficient
(a) I, III and V
(b) I, III, IV and V
(c) 1, IV and V
(d) I and II
112. Which of the following names is not applicable to Bhagavatism?
(a) Abhira (b) Ekantika
(c) Satvata (d) Naraniya
113. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Bhagava tism?
I. Bhagavatism believes in the
theory of lmrma.
II. Bhagavatism rejects the theory
of Avatars. .
III. Bhagavatism lays great stress on the doctrine of Bhakti. IV. Bhagavatism believes in re
birth. (a) I, III and IV (b) I and IV
(c) I and II (d) I, II and IV
114. The Indo-Greek, who called him self Param-Bhagavata and erected the Garuda-dhvaja, was
(a) Antialkidas (b) Heliodorus
(c) Menander
(d) Demetrius
115. Which of the following is incor rect?
(a) The teachings of Vasudeva
Krishna-the Gita
(b) The Supreme God according
to Bhagavatism- Vishnu
(c) Shiva has been linked with
Rudra
(d) The Pancharatrikas wor
shipped Rama
116. To whom does Vasudeva-Krishna
address all his teachings in the
Bhagavad Gita?
(a) Arjuna
(b) Duryodhana
(c) Yudhishthira
(d) The common people
117. Which of the following statements is false?
(a) The Garuda Pillar is at
Besnagar.
(b) The earliest Shaiva sect is the
Lingayat.
(c) The Alvars were minstrels of
Shaiva sect.
(d) To the Greeks, Lord Krishna
was known as Heracles.
118. Match the following.
A. Fourth (1) Vasumitra
Buddhist
Council
B. Third
Buddhist
Council
Tissa
C. Second
Buddhist
Council
D. First
Buddhist
Council
Upali
(a) A-I, B-2, C-3, D-4 (b) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 (c) A-I, B-2, C-4, D-3 (d) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-l
(2) Moggaliputra
(3) Sabaksmi
(4) Mahakashyap
119. Match the following events in the life of Buddha and the places.
A. Birthplace 1. Kusinagar
B. Attained
enlightenment 2. Sarnath at
C. Delivered first
sermon at
D. Attained
nirvana at 4. Lumbini
(a) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-l (b) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-l (c) A-I, B-2, C-3, D-4 (d) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4