UNIT-3: INDIAN TRADITIONS, CULTURAL AND SOCIETY (KNC602)

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1. The saints of the Bhakti movement advocated …………………..

a) devotion of God
b) rituals
c) superstitious beliefs
d) none

2. Gurunanak was the founder of ……………………….

a) Sikhism
b) Virasaivism
c) Vaishnavism
d) none

3. Shankaracharya was born at ………………… in Kerala

a) Kaladi
b) Talwandi
c) Mewar
d) None

4. The Satapatha Brahmana and Taitriya Brahmana are the Brahmana texts of ___:
a) Rigveda
b) Yajurveda
c) Samaveda
d) Atharavaveda

5. Which of the following is not school of Heterodox Indian Philosophy?

a) Vaisheshika
b) Ajivika (Fatalism)
c) Unchedvadi (Materialism)
d) Nityavadi (Eternalism)

6. Who among the following was the proponent of Ajivika (Fatalism) school of Indian
Philosophy?
a) Ajita Kesakambali
b) Makkhali Gosala
c) Pakudha Kaccayana
d) Sanjaya Belatthiputta

7. Which of the following Indian philosopher who was the first disciple of Vardhaman
Mahavira?
a) Ajita Kesakambali
b) Makkhali Gosala
c) Pakudha Kaccayana
d) Sanjaya Belatthiputta
8. Who among the following considered as the first known proponent of Indian
materialism?
a) Purana Kassapa
b) Sanjaya Belatthiputta
c) Pakudha Kaccayana
d) Ajita Kesakambali

9. Who among the following was the proponent of agnosticism in Indian Philosophy?
a) Purana Kassapa
b) Sanjaya Belatthiputta
c) Pakudha Kaccayana
d) Ajita Kesakambali

10. Which of the following movement gave rise to the diverse range of heterodox beliefs?
a) Bhakti Movement
b) Sufi Movement
c) Sramana movement
d) All of the above

11. Who among the following was the proponent of Akriyavadi (Amoralism)?
a) Purana Kassapa
b) Sanjaya Belatthiputta
c) Pakudha Kaccayana
d) Ajita Kesakambali

12. Which of the following heterodox Indian Philosophy was very popular during the time
Bindusara (Mauryan Emperor)?
a) Vaisheshika
b) Ajivika (Fatalism)
c) Unchedvadi (Materialism)
d) Nityavadi (Eternalism)

13. Which of the following Indian Philosophy similar to the Western philosophical doctrine
of Subjectivism?
a) Anekantavada
b) Buddhist Philosophy
c) Indian Political Philosophy
d) None of the above

14. Which of the following is related with the philosophy deals extensively with problems in
metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics and epistemology?
a) Jain Philosophy
b) Buddhist Philosophy
c) Carvaka Philosophy
d) Vedanta Philosophy
15. According to Samkhya philosophy, the sequence of creation is as under:
a) Purusa, Prakrati, Ahankar, Mahat
b) Prakrati, Purusa, Ahankar, Mahat
c) Prakrati, Purusa, Mahat, Ahankar
d) Purusa, Prakrati, Mahat, Ahankar

16. Which philosophy says “Do not care to know various theories about God and Soul; do
good and be good; that will take you to whatever truth there is” ?
a) Sankhya
b) Buddhism
c) Vedanta
d) Jainism

17. Which of the following philosophies are most tilted to individualism?

a) Jainism
b) Samkhya
c) Buddhism
d) None of these

18. The two basic divisions in Schools of Indian Philosophy are

a) Vedanta and Buddhism
b) Advaita and Dwaita
c) Theistic and Atheistic
d) Orthodox and Heterodox

19. The ultimate goal of education in Jainism is

a) Non-violence
b) Renunciation
c) Liberation
d) Philanthropy

20. The ceremony of initiation of education in Buddhism is called

a) Vidyarambam
b) Upanayanam
c) Pabajja
d) Uparampada

21. The concept of pratityasamutpade (that nothing happens without a cause) is one of the
central principles of
a) Jainism
b) Buddhism
c) Vedanta
d) Sakhya
22. Which of the following Orthodox (Astik) Schools of Indian Philosophy, is silent on the
issue of existence of God as the ultimate reality?
a) Vedanta
b) Sankhya
c) Poorva Mimansa
d) Nyaya

23. A common feature of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism is belief about

a) the unreality of the world
b) the existence of God
c) the soul
d) karma and rebirth

24. In Indian Philosophy ‘pramana’ means

a) oath
b) measurement
c) assurance
d) source of knowledge

25. Gautama Buddha was born in 563 BC in which Kshatriya family?

a) Shakya Kshatriya family
b) Kuru Kshatriya family
c) Yaduvansi Kshatriya family
d) Chandravansi Kshatriya family

26. In which place Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon?

a) Kushinagar
b) Sarnath (Banaras)
c) Patliputra
d) Rajgir

27. Which among the following is not 'Four Noble Truths of Buddha'?
a) World is full of suffering
b) Desire causes suffering
c) Desire best way to get moksha
d) Suffering will remove

28. What is the literal meaning of "Buddha"?

a) Awakened One
b) The Enlightenment One
c) Sanyasi
d) Both A & B

29. The earliest Buddhist literature describing stories of the various births of Buddha are:
a) Venaya pitakas
b) Sutta pitakas
c) Abhidhamma pitakas
d) Jatakas
30. The Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as 'Turning of the wheel of law' at?
a) Sanchi
b) Sarnath
c) Sravasti
d) Bodh Gaya

31. In Buddhism, what does Patimokkha stand for?

a) A description of Mahayana
b) A description of Hinayana
c) The rules of the Sangha
d) The questions of King Menander

32. Where is Lumbini, the birth place of Gautama Buddha located?

a) Nepal
b) Bihar
c) Bhutan
d) Sikkim

33. Who among the following was contemporary of Gautam Buddha?

a) Nagarjuna
b) Kanishka
c) Kautilya
d) Mahavir

34. Where did Buddha attain Parinirvana?

a) Bodh Gaya
b) Kushinagara
c) Rajgriha
d) Vaishali

35. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightment

a) Sarnath
b) Bodhgaya
c) Kapilvastu
d) Rajgriha

36. What are the places which contain the relics of Buddha known as?
a) Viharas
b) Pitakas
c) Stupas
d) Chaityas

37. In which language were Buddhist literatures written?

a) Sanskrit
b) Prakrit
c) Hindi
d) Pali
38. Which of the following contain Buddhist teachings?
a) Chaityas
b) Jatakas
c) Purvas
d) Tripitakas

39. Jainism has had a series of great teachers, called ________ or founders, throughout the
current cosmic era, a period that is to last twenty-one thousand years.
a) Bodhisattva
b) Priest
c) Tirthankara
d) Brahmin

40. Mahavira attained kevala, which is ________, the absolute knowledge that destroys
samsara.
a) total faith
b) omniscience
c) self-knowledge
d) absolute presence

41. The Shvetambara sect's adherents are called ________.

a) Umber-Clad
b) Red-Clad
c) Skin-Clad
d) White-Clad

42. For Jains ________ is a material substance.

a) karma
b) dharma
c) jiva
d) bhakti

43. Which of these is not one of the Five Great Vows taken by monastic Jains?
a) Follow the life of Mahavira.
b) Renounce all possessions.
c) Do not steal.
d) Speak the truth.

44. What form did the asceticism practiced by Mahavira take?

a) severe fasting, meditation, and nakedness
b) meditation and nakedness
c) practice of Buddha's Middle Path
d) partial fasting and meditation

45. Sufism originated in ………………….

a) Iraq
b) Turkey
c) Persia
d) None
46. What do you mean by khanqah?
a) Defined as a hospice, lodge, community centre, or dormitory ran by Sufis
b) Religious place ran by Sufis
c) House of religious Khalifa
d) House of Islamic Ulema

47. What is silsilahs of the Sufis?

a) Religious order
b) Spiritual genealogy
c) Chain, link, connection often used in various senses of lineage
d) All of the above

48. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was

a) Chisti
b) Suhrawardy
c) Qadiri
d) Naqshbandi

49. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?

a) Baba Farid
b) Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki
c) Moinuddin Chisti
d) Khwaja Bahuddin

50. Which of the following sufi saint verse of teaching written in Punjabi and also quoted in
Adi Granth?
a) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
b) Baba Farid
c) Nizamuddin Aulia
d) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya

51. In which century Bhakti movement began?

a) 6th century
b) 7th century
c) 8th century
d) 9th century

52. Where was saint kabir born?

a) Delhi
b) Varanasi
c) Mathura
d) Hyderabad

53. Who preaches Visishtadvaita?

a) Tulsidas
b) Saivaite Nayanmars
c) Sankara
d) Ramanuja
54. Who was among the following Bhakti saints gave a new orientation of Hinduism through
his doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
a) Ramanuja
b) Sankara
c) Guru Nanak
d) Chaitanya

55. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?

a) Chaitanya
b) Mirabai
c) Tulsidas
d) Surdas

56. Which of the following statement is not correct about Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do family in Bengal, probably in 1772.
b) He died in Indian in 1833.
c) He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor.
d) He started the newspaper named “Sambad Kaumudi”

57. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in
India?
a) He ensured the widow’s marriage and girl’s education.
b) Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha.
c) Established the Brahma Samaj
d) He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for better life.

58. Which of the following statement is not correct?

a) Vivekananda participated in the All World Religions Conference in 1893 at
Chicago,U.S.A.
b) Satyashodhak samaj was established by the Jyotiba Phule.
c) Dayanand Saraswati established the Prarthna Samaj.
d) ARYA Samaj was founded in 1875 in Bombay.

59. Which is the world's oldest religion?

a) Judaism
b) Islam
c) Christianity
d) Hinduism

60. Who founded Judaism?

a) Prophet Mohammad
b) Jesus Christ
c) Moses
d) None of these

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