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The first Tirthankara of the Jains was
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The first tirthankara in this present time cycle was Rishabhanatha, who is credited for formulating and organising humans to live in a society harmoniously.
12
The language in which Buddha preached?
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Answer: Option C
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According to Pali Canon, Buddha taught in local or folks language. He avoided the scholars' language, i.e. Sanskrit.
13
Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as
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Answer: Option B
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The Buddha, or "enlightened one," was born Siddhartha (which means "he who achieves his aim") Gautama to a large clan called the Shakyas in Lumbini, (today, modern Nepal) in the 6th century B.C.
14
Ashoka was much influenced by Buddhist monk called
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Answer: Option A
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Upagupta was a Buddhist monk. According to some stories in the Sanskrit text Ashokavadana, he was the spiritual teacher of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.
15
Which ruler founded the famous Vikramshila University for the Buddhists?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Vikramashila was founded by Pāla king Dharmapala in the late 8th or early 9th century.
16
Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
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Answer: Option C
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Ashoka was the third ruler of the Maurya dynasty and was one of the most powerful kings in ancient times. His reign between 273 BC and 232 B.C. in the history of India was one of the most prosperous periods. The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the pillars as well as boulders and cave walls, made by Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire during his reign, from 268 BCE to 232 BCE.
17
Gautama Buddha was brought up by
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Answer: Option A
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Mahapajapati Gotami was the step-mother and maternal aunt (mother's sister) of the Buddha. In Buddhist tradition, she was the first woman to seek ordination for women, which she did from Gautama Buddha directly, and she became the first bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun).
18
Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?
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Answer: Option B
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Ajatashatru 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. Bimbisara the founder of Haryanka dynasty of Magadha empire was the contemporary of lord Buddha.
19
Who among the following rulers was first to embrace Buddhism?
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Answer: Option A
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It is not just that Ashoka ably ruled this huge empire but the quality of social justice that he brought to his already strong administration. Remorseful after his bloody campaign and conquest of Kalinga, Ashoka embraced Buddhism.
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Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism.
Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
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Answer: Option B
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Mahavira, also known as Vardhamāna, was the twenty-fourth tirthankara (ford-maker) who revived Jainism. In the Jain tradition, it is believed that Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6th century BC into a royal kshatriya family in present-day Bihar, India. He abandoned all worldly possessions at the age of 30 and left home in pursuit of spiritual awakening, becoming an ascetic. Mahavira practiced intense meditation and severe austerities for 12 years, after which he is believed to have attained Kevala Jnana (omniscience).