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Thursday, March 28, 2024

MCQ ON ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY-5

41. Buddhist doctrines are contained in

A. Upanishads

B. Dhammapada

C. Jatakas

D. Satapaths

Answer

Correct Answer: [B] Dhammapada

Explanation:

  • The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures.
  • The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
  • The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature native to India concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal forms.
  • The future Buddha may appear as a king, an outcast, a god, an elephant—but, in whatever form, he exhibits some virtue that the tale thereby inculcates.

    • 42. Where did Buddha preach his first sermons?

    A. Kasi

    B. Saranath

    C. Kushinagar

    D. Bodh Gaya

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [B] Saranath

    43. Which ruler was contemporary of both Buddha and Mahavira?

    A. Pradyot

    B. Ajatasatru

    C. Bimbisara

    D. Chandragupta

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [B]

    Explanation: Ajatasatru

  • Ajatashatru, Ajatashattu or Ajatasatru (Sanskrit: Ajātaśatru, Pāli: Ajātasattu; 492 to 460 BCE or early 5th century BCE) was a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India.
  • He was the son of King Bimbisara and was a contemporary of both Mahavira and Gautama Buddha.

    • 44. Jibaka mentioned in the early Buddhist literature was a

    A. Merchant

    B. Physician

    C. Bodhisattva

    D. King

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [B] Physician

    45. Which of the following was not a part of Tripitakas three basket?

    A. Sutta

    B. Abhidhamma

    C. Jatakas

    D. Vinaya

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [C] Jatakas

    Explanation:

  • Tipitaka in Pali means Three Baskets (Ti = Three, Pitaka = Basket). Three Baskets (of scriptures)
  • 1. Vinaya-Pitaka: the origin of the sangha; rules for monks and nuns.
  • 2. Sutra-Pitaka: discourses of the Buddha.
  • 3. Abhidharma-Pitaka: writings and discourses on Buddhist psychology and philosophy.

    • 46. The original name of the Sect which later came to be known as Jaina was

    A. Nigranthas

    B. Arhant

    C. Tirthankars

    D. Jina

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [A] Nigranthas

    47. According to Ceylonese tradition Buddha's Parinirbana took place in

    A. 543 B.C.

    B. 546 B.C.

    C. 483 B.C.

    D. 486 B.C.

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [C] 483 B.C.

    48. Which of the following was a Buddhist genealogical text?

    A. Abhidhammapitaka

    B. Dipavamsa C. Suttapitaka

    D. Vinayapitaka

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [B] Dipavamsa

    Explanation:

  • The other books which inform the Buddha's biography are Sutta Nipat, Jataka, Mahavamsam, etc., written in Pali. Lalitavistara is written in Sanskrit.

    • 49. The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit Play

    A. Mattavilasa

    B. Mudrarakshasa

    C. Mrichhakatika

    D. Devi Chandragupta

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [B] Mudrarakshasa

    Explanation:

  • The Mudrarakshasa is a Sanskrit-language play by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya (reign: 324 BCE–297BCE) to power in India.
  • Vishakhadatta was a contemporary of the Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II and lived in the late 4th century to early 5th century.

    • 50. Allahabad pillar inscription carved by

    A. Rudradaman

    B. Banabhatta

    C. Harisena

    D. Ravikirti

    Answer

    Correct Answer: [C] Harisena

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