Buddhism

Q.

Who was the wife of Gautama Buddha?

Q. Who is the founder of Buddhism?

1. Siddhartha
2. Sakya Muni
3. King of Kapilavastu
4. Son of Suddhodhana

Q.

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Q. Siddharth was the birth name of which among the below-mentioned person?

1. Vardhaman Mahavira
2. Gautama Buddha
3. Muhhamad
4. Jesus Christ

Q. The tree under which Buddha sat, became enshrined in history as the Peepal tree.

1. False
2. True

Q.

Who was the foster mother of gautama buddha - GK Q&A a) b) c) d)

1. Yashodha

2. Goutami

3. Subhadra

4. Gowri

Q. How are Karma and Nirvana related to each other?

1. Karma is attainable by focusing on Nirvana.
2. Karma and Nirvana are what man should learn from society.
3. Leading a selfless life frees one's soul from the eternal cycle of life and death.
4. Desiring worldly possessions might lead to gaining good Karma, which will then lead to enlightenment.

Q. Which among the following is not part of Ashtanga or the Eight-fold path?

1. Right view
2. Right speech
3. Right listening
4. Right conduct

Q. S1: There was a legend among our people that the island had once been covered with tall trees.
S6: Tumai angrily went down, down to another world; so people die today because he did.
P: This was a long time ago, at the beginning of the world when Tumai and Mukat ruled.
Q: Tumai wished people to die.
R: The two gods quarreled about many things.
S: Mukat did not.
The proper sequence should be :

1. PRQS
2. PSRQ
3. SPRQ
4. SQPR

Q. Jayant was reading about how Buddha had to wander for six years in search of answers to the question "Why must people suffer?" He finally attained enlightenment under a peepal tree in Uruvela. His friend told him that both the peepal tree and Uruvela are known by different names now.

Choose the current name of the peepal tree and Uruvela.

1. Vriksham
2. Bodh Gaya
3. Bodhivriksha
4. Dhamma

Q. Burst the bubbles containing the Eightfold Path.

1. Right Thought
2. Right Speech
3. Right
   Understanding
4. Right Violence
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Conduct
8. Right Anger

Q. Burst the bubbles containing the messages propagated by Buddhism and Jainism.

1. Peace
2. Hatred
3. Anger
4. Love
5. Equality
6. Tolerance
7. Inequality
8. Brotherhood