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MCQ on Indian National Movement for WBCS Students
How many Jyotirlingas are devoted to Lord Shiva?
(a) 6
(b) 12
(c) 24
(d) 18
Option b – 12
Who founded the Lingayat Movement?
(a) Basava
(b) Ramanuja
(c) Shankaracharya
(d) Kambar
Option a – Basava
Which incarnation of Vishnu is depicted as saving the Earth from the Sea?
(a) Kachhapa
(b) Matsya
(c) Varaha
(d) Narsingh
Option c – Varaha
The originator of the Bhagavata Religion was
(a) Janak
(b) Krishna
(c) Yajnavalkya
(d) Surdas
Option b – Krishna
The number of forms of bhakti in the Bhagavata cult is
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10
Option c – 9
Who contributes the most to the development of the Bhagavata sect?
(a) Persian
(b) Indo-Greek people
(c) Kushan
(d) Gupta
Option d – Gupta
(a) Allahabad’s inscription of Samudragupta
(b) Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus
(c) Bhitri’s inscription of Skandagupta
(d) Mehrauli’s pillar inscription
Option b – Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus
The famous pilgrimage of Buddhists as well as of Jains in Uttar Pradesh is at
(a) Sarnath
(b) Kaushambi
(c) Devipatan
(d) Kushinagar
Option b – Kaushambi
Both Jainism and Buddhism believe that
(a) the Philosophy of Karma and the transmigration of the soul were correct.
(b) Salvation could be possible only after death.
(c) Both men and women could attain salvation.
(d) The Middle course of life was the best one.
Option a – the Philosophy of Karma and the transmigration of the soul were correct.
(a) Only I
(b) II and III
(c) I and III
(d) All of these
Option b – II and III
Which of the following statements with regard to the heterodox sect between the sixth and fourth century BC are correct? I. The Jain ideals were already circulated in the seventh century by Parshava. BC II. Although Buddhism, and to a lesser extent Jainism, took account of the changes in material life and reacted to orthodoxy, neither of these sought to abolish the caste system. III. The first female disciple of Mahavira is said to have been a captured slave woman. IV. Buddha held that nuns could attain spiritual liberation just like a monk and granted them an equal status in the mendicant order. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
(a) I, II, III, and IV
(b) I, II and III
(c) I, II and IV
(d) III and IV
Option c – I, II and IV
Jivaka, the royal physician of Rajgriha, was the son of the Ganika named as
(a) Salavati
(b) Ramaniya
(c) Basantsena
(d) Amrapall
Option b – Ramaniya
Which one among the following sects was associated with Gosala Maskariputra?
(a) Vajrayan
(b) Ajivikas
(c) Sthaviravadins
(d) Mahasamghika
Option b – Ajivikas
The Rathyatra at Puri is celebrated in honor of which Hindu deity?
(a) Lord Rama
(b) Lord Vishnu
(c) Lord Jagannath
(d) Lord Shiva
Option c – Lord Jagannath
Ardhanarishvara, a figure of half Shiva and half Parvati, represents
(a) Union of male and female
(b) Union of God and Goddess
(c) Union of God with his Shakti
(d) None of the above
Option c – Union of God with his Shakti
Which one of the following gives equal importance to Janma, Karma, and Bhakti as a means of liberation?
(a) Advaita Vedanta
(b) Vishishtadvaita Vedanta
(c) Bhagavad Gita
(d) Mimamsa
Option c – Bhagavad Gita
Who among the following was not an ‘Alvar Saint’?
(a) Poigai
(b) Tirugyan
(c) Pudam
(d) Thirumangai
Option b – Tirugyan
Who were Nayanars?
(a) Shaiva
(b) Shakta
(c) Vaishnava
(d) Suryopasaka
Option a – Shaiva
The ancient place where the narration of the entire Mahabharata was read in the conference of 60,000 hermits
(a) Ahichatra
(b) Hastinapur
(c) Kampilya
(d) Naimisharanya
Option d – Naimisharanya
Mahamastakabhisheka, a great religious event, is associated with and done for whom of the following?
(a) Bahubali
(b) Buddha
(c) Mahavirji
(d) Nataraja
Option a – Bahubali
Which of the following epic has primarily mentioned Krishna, son of Devaki?
(a) Mahabharata
(b) Chandogya Upanishad
(c) Ashtadhyayi
(d) Bhagavata Purana
Option b – Chandogya Upanishad
The earliest known epigraphic evidence of Bhagavatism is
(a) Prayag Prashasti of Samudra Gupta
(b) Nasik inscription of Gautami Balashri
(c) Garuda column at Besnagar
(d) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva
Option c – Garuda column at Besnagar
Which one of the following is not included in ‘Prasthana trayi’?
(a) Bhagavata
(b) Bhagavad Gita
(c) Brahma Sutra
(d) Upanishad
Option a – Bhagavata
Who were the first to worship Vasudeva Krishna?
(a) Bhagavatas
(b) Vedic Aryans
(c) Tamilians
(d) Abhirs
Option a – Bhagavatas
Who among these rendered that “Fate assigns everything, human is incapable”?
(a) Jains
(b) Buddhists
(c) Ajivikas
(d) Mimansakas
Option c – Ajivikas
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