MCQ Quiz
1.
At
the
age
of
_______,
Mahavira
left
home
and
went
to live
in
a
forest.
A. 
35
B. 
27
C. 
33
D. 
30
2.
Which
of
the
following
is
NOT
a
part
of
Buddhist
stupas?
A. 
Harmika
B. 
Gopura
C. 
Anda
D. 
Chhatra
3.
Who
among
the
following
was
the
24th
Tirthankara
in Jainism,
in
ancient
India?
A. 
Vasupujya
B. 
Rishabahdev
C. 
Abhinandana
D. 
Vardhamana
Mahavira
4.
The
Therigatha
is
a
Buddhist
text,
part
of
the
______
is
a collection
of
verses
composed
by
bhikkhunis.
A. Vinaya
Pitaka
B. Mahavamsa
C. Dipavamsa
D. Sutta
Pitaka
5.
In
Vaishali,
the
second
Buddhist
council
was
organized
by ________.
A. 
shaven
B. 
Anurudh
C. 
sunidha
D. 
kalashoka
6.
Which
of
the
following
statements
is
correct?

I.
Gautama
Buddha
belonged
to
a
small
gana
known
as
the Sakya
gana
and
was
a
Kshatriya.

II.
Gautama
Buddha
passed
away
at
Kusinara.
A. 
Only
I
B. 
Neither
I
nor
II
C. 
Only
II
D. 
Both
I
and
II
7.
Buddha
delivered
his
first
sermon
which
is
called _______, at
Sarnath
to
his
five
disciples.
A. 
Niranjana
B. 
Mahabhinishkramana
C. 
Maha
parinirvana
D. 
Dharmachakra
Pravartana
8.
The
first
Tirthankara
of
Jainism
is
believed
to
be Rishabhanatha,
who
was
born
in
____________.
A. 
Pataliputra
B. 
Ayodhya
C. 
Vaishali
D. 
Varanasi
9.
Buddha
meditated
for
days
on
end
under
a
peepal
tree
at ______,
where
he
attained
enlightenment.
A. 
Sarnath
B. 
Bodh
Gaya
C. 
Kushinagar
D. 
Ujjain
10.
Lord
Buddha
was
born
in
______.
A. 
Lumbini,
Nepal
B. 
Bihar,
India
C. 
Bamyan,
Afghanistan
D. 
Cumilla,
Bangladesh
11.
What
was
the
name
of
the
mother
of
Gautama
Buddha?
A. 
Mahamaya
B. 
Sihamoni
C. 
Rukmani
D. 
Geetanjali
12.
The
Chinese
Buddhist
pilgrim,
Xuan
Zang,
came
to
the Indian
subcontinent
about______
years
ago.
A. 1100
B. 1700
C. 2000
D. 1400
13.
According
to
the
Jaina
tradition,
Mahavira
was
preceded by
how
many
other
teachers
or
Trithankaras?
A. 12
B. 23
C. 56
D. 54
14.
Buddhacharita,
a
full-length
biography
of
the
Buddha
was written
by
___________.
A. Banabhatta
B. Asvaghosha
C. Vasumitra
D. Parsva
15.
In
ancient
India,
the
Jatakas
were
written
in
which
of
the following
languages,
around
the
middle
of
the
first
millennium CE?
A. Pali
B. Sanskrit
C. Aramaic
D. Kharosthi
16.
At
which
of
the
following
places
did
Lord
Buddha
attain Mahaparinirvana?
A. Kushinagar
B. Lumbini
C. Sarnath
D. Bodh
Gaya
17.
According
to
Xuan
Zang,
the
___________
of
Nalanda Buddhist
monastery
asks
new
entrants
difficult
questions

which
were
very
difficult
to
answer
A. Kushinagar
B. Lumbini
C. Sarnath
D. Bodh
Gaya
18.
The
Lion
Capital
was
built
to
commemorate
the
historical event
of
_________
of
Buddha.
A. Renunciation
B. Enlightenment
C. His
death
or
Parinirvana
D. 
First sermon
19.
At
which
Buddhist
site
of
India
did
Gautama
Buddha
first preach
the
Dharma?
A. 
KushiNagar
B. 
Barabar
Caves
C. 
Bodh
Gaya
D. 
Sarnath
20.
Xuan
Zang
and
other
pilgrims
spent
time
studying
in Nalanda,
the
most
famous
Buddhist
monastery,
located
in which
of
the
following
Indian
state?
A. Odisha
B. Bengal
C. Bihar
D. Sikkim
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