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DU MA Buddhist Studies DU MA Buddhist Studies Topic:- DU_J19_MA_BS 1) The famous site of Kashgar is located in this country [Question ID = 14279] 1. Indonesia / [Option ID = 27116] 2. Cambodia / [Option ID = 27115] 3. Thailand / [Option ID = 27114] 4. China / [Option ID = 27113] Correct Answer :- China / [Option ID = 27113] 2) The famous site of Kanheri is located in the province of [Question ID = 14305] 1. Maharashtra / [Option ID = 27219] 2. Jharkhand / [Option ID = 27220] 3. Madhya Pradesh / [Option ID = 27218] 4. Odisha / [Option ID = 27217] Correct Answer :- Odisha / [Option ID = 27217] 3) The Pañcavaggiya bhikkhus were named [Question ID = 14323] 1. Konḍañña, Icchantika, Vappa, Mahānāma, Assaji / [Option ID = 27292] 2. Konḍañña, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, Assaji / [Option ID = 27291] 3. Konḍañña, Bhaddiya, Upaka, Mahānāma, Assaji / [Option ID = 27290] 4. Konḍañña, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Paññindriya, Assaji / [Option ID = 27289] Correct Answer :- Konḍañña, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Paññindriya, Assaji / [Option ID = 27289] 4) The Jātakas mention this city as a great centre of learning where princes and sons of rich people came to study the three Vedas and eighteen sciences were taught [Question ID = 14343] 1. Sāgala / [Option ID = 27369] 2. Takkasilā / [Option ID = 27370] 3. Indapaṭṭa / [Option ID = 27371] 4. Udumbara / [Option ID = 27372] Correct Answer :- Sāgala / [Option ID = 27369] 5) Ṭankitamañca, located near Gayātittha, was the residence of [Question ID = 14354] 1. Uruvela Kassapa / [Option ID = 27416] 2. Nadi Kassapa / [Option ID = 27415] 3. Gayā Kassapa / [Option ID = 27414] 4. Yakkha Sūciloma / [Option ID = 27413] Correct Answer :- Yakkha Sūciloma / [Option ID = 27413] 6) Who was Bāhiya-Dārucīriya? [Question ID = 14357] 1. An arahant who wore bark garments / [Option ID = 27425] 2. An arahant who founded the Saṃmitīya sect / [Option ID = 27427] 3. An arahant who founded the Araññaka chapter / [Option ID = 27428] 4. An arahant who accepted food only in his hands / [Option ID = 27426] Correct Answer :- An arahant who wore bark garments / [Option ID = 27425] 7) Which among the following is not a part of the Three Characteristics of Buddhism? [Question ID = 14375] 1. Anātman / [Option ID = 27500] 2. Nitya / [Option ID = 27499] 3. Dukkha / [Option ID = 27498] 4. Anitya / [Option ID = 27497] Correct Answer :- Anitya / [Option ID = 27497] 8) The Buddha spent his first vassāvāsa at [Question ID = 14356] 1. Ambavanasaṇḍa / [Option ID = 27422] 2. Laṭṭhivanasaṇḍa / [Option ID = 27421] 3. Andhakavanasaṇḍa / [Option ID = 27423] 4. Kappāsikavanasaṇḍa / [Option ID = 27424] Correct Answer :- Laṭṭhivanasaṇḍa / [Option ID = 27421] 9) The Buddha’s mother Māyā was born at [Question ID = 14283] 1. Devadaha / [Option ID = 27129] 2. Asitañjana / [Option ID = 27132] 3. Kapilavtthu / [Option ID = 27130] 4. Pipphalivana / [Option ID = 27131] Correct Answer :- Devadaha / [Option ID = 27129] 10) Cremated remains of the Buddha was divided into these divisions [Question ID = 14317] 1. Eighteen / [Option ID = 27265] 2. Six / [Option ID = 27267] 3. Eight / [Option ID = 27266] 4. Eighty four / [Option ID = 27268] Correct Answer :- Eighteen / [Option ID = 27265] 11) Kaṁkhāvitaraṇi is the commentary on [Question ID = 14347] 1. Pātimokkha / [Option ID = 27388] 2. Aṅguttaranikāya / [Option ID = 27387] 3. Suttanipāta / [Option ID = 27385] 4. Saṁyuttanikāya / [Option ID = 27386] Correct Answer :- Suttanipāta / [Option ID = 27385] 12) The term “upacchedaka-kamma” may be defined as [Question ID = 14360] 1. destruction of the effect of bad deeds. / [Option ID = 27437] 2. destruction of the effect of good deeds. / [Option ID = 27439] 3. deeds whose retribution is instantaneous / [Option ID = 27440] 4. deeds that carry no retribution. / [Option ID = 27438] Correct Answer :- destruction of the effect of bad deeds. / [Option ID = 27437] 13) Sāriputta was the disciple of [Question ID = 14308] 1. Saṃjaya Velatṭhiputta / [Option ID = 27232] 2. Lord Buddha / [Option ID = 27230] 3. Lord Mahāvīra / [Option ID = 27229] 4. Niganṭṭha Nātaputta / [Option ID = 27231] Correct Answer :- Lord Mahāvīra / [Option ID = 27229] 14) The Theragāthā, the Therīgāthā, the Buddhavaṃsa, and the Dhammapada form part of बौ ंथ म थेरगाथा, थेरगाथा, बवंसु एवं धमपद कस का भाग ह- [Question ID = 15457] 1. Majjhima Nikāya / [Option ID = 31826] 2. Khuddaka Nikāya / [Option ID = 31827] 3. Dīgha Nikāya / [Option ID = 31828] 4. Aṅguttara Nikāya / [Option ID = 31825] Correct Answer :- Aṅguttara Nikāya / [Option ID = 31825] 15) In the Pāli-based tradition, the Bodhirukkha is considered as the [Question ID = 14298] 1. Nikhammanābbhi / [Option ID = 27191] 2. Uṇṇanābhi / [Option ID = 27190] 3. Paṭhavīnābhi / [Option ID = 27192] 4. Mahāpabbatanābhi / [Option ID = 27189] Correct Answer :- Mahāpabbatanābhi / [Option ID = 27189] 16) According to the Dasaratha Jātaka, Rāma son of Dasaratha, was born in [Question ID = 14324] 1. Ayodhyā / [Option ID = 27294] 2. Bārāṇasī / [Option ID = 27293] 3. Sāketa / [Option ID = 27295] 4. Dasarathapurī / [Option ID = 27296] Correct Answer :- Bārāṇasī / [Option ID = 27293] 17) According to the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, after the Mahāparinibbāna of the Buddha the relics were divided into eight parts by [Question ID = 14338] 1. A sudda called Dhātusena / [Option ID = 27350] 2. A sudda called Dhātubhāgī / [Option ID = 27352] 3. A brāhmaṇa called Doṇa / [Option ID = 27349] 4. A brāhmaṇa called Kasi Bhāradvāja / [Option ID = 27351] Correct Answer :- A brāhmaṇa called Doṇa / [Option ID = 27349] 18) Before attaining Nirvāṇa, the Buddha had taken his last meal at the house of [Question ID = 14364] 1. Kasi Bhāradvāja, the Brāhmaṇa / [Option ID = 27454] 2. Anāthapiṇḍika, the Businessman / [Option ID = 27456] 3. Ambapāli, the Courtezan / [Option ID = 27455] 4. Cunda, the Black Smith / [Option ID = 27453] Correct Answer :- Cunda, the Black Smith / [Option ID = 27453] 19) In the Pāli Tipiṭaka, Uruvelā is mentioned as a [Question ID = 14294] 1. Gāmanigama / [Option ID = 27173] 2. Nagara / [Option ID = 27174] 3. Puṭabhedanaṃ / [Option ID = 27175] 4. Kuṭi / [Option ID = 27176] Correct Answer :- Gāmanigama / [Option ID = 27173] 20) What is the correct sandhi of “pabbate+ahaṃ”? [Question ID = 14362] 1. pabbatehaṃ / [Option ID = 27447] 2. pabbateahaṃ / [Option ID = 27448] 3. pabbatyāhaṃ / [Option ID = 27445] 4. pappatāhaṃ / [Option ID = 27446] Correct Answer :- pabbatyāhaṃ / [Option ID = 27445] 21) The Jātakas mention this city as the capital (rājadhānī)of the kingdom of Gandhāra [Question ID = 14342] 1. Sāgala / [Option ID = 27365] 2. Takkasilā / [Option ID = 27366] 3. Indapaṭṭa / [Option ID = 27367] 4. Udumbara / [Option ID = 27368] Correct Answer :- Sāgala / [Option ID = 27365] 22) During the reign of which king did the development of Indo-Greek Buddhist art take place? [Question ID = 14368] 1. Harṣa / [Option ID = 27470] 2. Candragupta / [Option ID = 27472] 3. Kaniṣka / [Option ID = 27471] 4. Aśoka / [Option ID = 27469] Correct Answer :- Aśoka / [Option ID = 27469] 23) Immediately after enlightenment, which god dissuaded the Buddha from seeking a teacher for himself? [Question ID = 14322] 1. Inda / [Option ID = 27288] 2. Sakka / [Option ID = 27286] 3. Brahmā Sahampati / [Option ID = 27287] 4. Vessavana / [Option ID = 27285] Correct Answer :- Vessavana / [Option ID = 27285] 24) This city is also known as Brahmavaddhana, Ketumatī, Molinī, Pupphavatī, Ramma, Surundhana, and Sudassana in the Jātakas [Question ID = 14339] 1. Campā / [Option ID = 27353] 2. Bārāṇasī / [Option ID = 27356] 3. Sāvatthī / [Option ID = 27354] 4. Rājagaha / [Option ID = 27355] Correct Answer :- Campā / [Option ID = 27353] 25) Tebhātika-Jaṭilās lived in the region of [Question ID = 15463] 1. Gayā / गया [Option ID = 31849] 2. Rājagaha / राजगह [Option ID = 31850] 3. Sāvatthī / सावथी [Option ID = 31851] 4. vārāṇasī / वाराणसी [Option ID = 31852] Correct Answer :- Gayā / गया [Option ID = 31849] 26) The number of vowels in Pāli is [Question ID = 14314] 1. Six / [Option ID = 27254] 2. Eight / [Option ID = 27255] 3. Ten / [Option ID = 27256] 4. Four / [Option ID = 27253] Correct Answer :- Four / [Option ID = 27253] 27) Chronological order of the three parts of the Nidāna-kathā is [Question ID = 14355] 1. Dūre-nidāna, Santike-nidāna, Avidūre-nidāna. / [Option ID = 27418] 2. Dūre-nidāna, Avidūre-nidāna, Santike-nidāna. / [Option ID = 27417] 3. Santike-nidāna, Avidūre-nidāna, Dūre-nidāna. / [Option ID = 27420] 4. Avidūre-nidāna, Dūre-nidāna, Santike-nidāna. / [Option ID = 27419] Correct Answer :- Dūre-nidāna, Avidūre-nidāna, Santike-nidāna. / [Option ID = 27417] 28) To commemorate which event of the life of the Buddha did King Aśoka instal the Rummindei Pillar? [Question ID = 14374] 1. Birth / [Option ID = 27493] 2. First Sermon / [Option ID = 27495] 3. Enlightenment / [Option ID = 27494] 4. Death / [Option ID = 27496] Correct Answer :- Birth / [Option ID = 27493] 29) To which country did Aśoka send his son Mahendra as a Dhammadūta? [Question ID = 14369] 1. Burma / [Option ID = 27475] 2. Thailand / [Option ID = 27474] 3. Sri Lanka / [Option ID = 27473] 4. China / [Option ID = 27476] Correct Answer :- Sri Lanka / [Option ID = 27473] 30) Mādhyamaka philosopher Āryadeva was a disciple of [Question ID = 14321] 1. Dharmakīrti / [Option ID = 27283] 2. Asaṅga / [Option ID = 27281] 3. Nāgarjūna / [Option ID = 27282] 4. Kamalśīla / [Option ID = 27284] Correct Answer :- Asaṅga / [Option ID = 27281] 31) The udumbara-khādikā method is often quoted as a Buddhist example of avoidance of [Question ID = 14306] 1. hiṃsā / [Option ID = 27221] 2. Greed / [Option ID = 27223] 3. theft
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