Religious Gk interview questions

Which one of the following is NOT included in the eight-fold path of Buddhism?

1. Right conduct
2. Right desire
3. Right contemplation
4. Right speech

Who is said to have become the chief of the Jain Sangh after the death of Mahavira?

1. Sudharma
2. Sthulbhadra
3. Bhadrabahu
4. Jambu

Which one of the following propounded that ‘density determines everything, man is powerless?

1. Ajivakas
2. Mimansakas
3. Buddhists
4. Jains

Buddha lived approximately at the same time as

1. Hammurabi
2. Prophet Mohammad
3. Moses
4. Confucius

The stupa site which is not connected with any incident of Lord Buddha’s life

1. Kushinagar
2. Bodh Gaya
3. Sanchi
4. Sarnath

Which one of the following is NOT common in Buddhism and Jainism?

1. Rejection of rituals
2. Self-mortification
3. Indifference to Vedas
4. Non-violence (Ahimsa)

In Buddhism, what does Patimokkha stand for?

1. The rules of the Sangha
2. The questions of king Menander
3. A description of Hinayana Buddhism
4. A description of Mahayana Buddhism

Mahamastakabhisheka, a great religious event, is associated with and done for whom of the following?

1. Nataraja
2. Mahavira
3. Buddha
4. Bahubali

Where did Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as Dharma Chakra Pravartan (i.l., Turning of the wheel of the law)?

1. Bodh Gaya
2. Sravasti
3. Sarnath
4. Sanchi

The Vikramshila Mahavihara, a great centre of education, was founded by

1. Dharmapala
2. Gopala
3. Harsha
4. Baladitya

Where was Mahavir Swami born?

1. Vaishali
2. Magadh
3. Pataliputra
4. Kundagram

Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed?

1. Lhasa
2. Kandy
3. Hyderabad
4. Bamiyan

Who amongst the following is known as the Light of Asia?

1. Zarathustra
2. Prophet Mohammad
3. Lord Buddha
4. Jesus Christ

The Lumbini was the birth place of Buddha is attested by an inscription of

1. Kanishka
2. Harsha
3. Pushyamitra Sung
4. Ashoka

Name the last Trithankara

1. Subhadra
2. Siddhartha
3. Mahavira
4. Parsvanath

Gandhara school of art came into existence in

1. Shaiva sect
2. Vaishanava sect
3. Mahayana sect
4. Hinayana sect

The Fourth Buddhist Council was convened during the regime of king

1. Ajatasatru
2. Ashoka
3. Mahapadmananda
4. Kanishka

Which State is called the ‘Cradle of Buddhism?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Bihar
4. Sikkim

The ‘Tripitaka’ was written in

1. Sanskrit
2. Pali
3. Kharosthi
4. Brahmi

The first Buddhist Council was held in which of the following cities?

1. Bodh Gaya
2. Gaya
3. Nalanda
4. Rajgriha

Mahavira Jaina breathed his last at

1. Samastipur
2. Pawapuri
3. Ranchi
4. Rajgir

Who among the following taught the doctrine of Shunyata (Shunyavad)?

1. Vallabhacharya
2. Harisna
3. Shankaracharya
4. Nagarjuna

Prabhasgiri is a pilgrim spot of

1. Vaishnavites
2. Saivites
3. Jains
4. Buddhists

Who was the author of ‘Buddha Charita’?

1. Vasumitra
2. Nagarjuna
3. Nagasena
4. Asvaghosha

Gautama Buddha was elevated to the position of God by the time of

1. Ashoka
2. Kanishka
3. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
4. Harsha

Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?

1. Agams
2. Tripitaka
3. Vedas
4. Upanishad

The third vehicle in Buddhism was known as

1. Vajrayana
2. Zen
3. Mahasanghika
4. None of these

Buddha’s preachings were mainly related to

1. Idol worship
2. Purity of thought and conduct
3. Practice of rituals
4. Belief is one God

Jivaka, the royal physician of Rajgrih, was the son of the Ganika named as

1. Amrapali
2. Basantsena
3. Ramaniya
4. Salavati

In which state was the Nalanda University located in India?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Orissa
3. Bihar
4. Bengal