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Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
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Answer: Option B
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Bodh Gaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous as it is the place where Gautama Buddha is said to have obtained Enlightenment (Pali: bodhi) under what became known as the Bodhi Tree.
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Buddha means
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Answer: Option A
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Buddha literally means enlightened one or a person who attained Boddhi which means wisdom (highest intellectual or virtue). It means a person who attained highest level of life status.
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Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
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Answer: Option C
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The first evidence of the religion spreading outside India coincides with Ashoka's rule as he sent emissaries to Sri Lanka and an area called Suvarnabhumi.
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Which among the following is the great Buddhist work consisting of dialogues between the Indo-Greek King Menander and the Buddhist philosopher Nagasena?
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Answer: Option A
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The Milindapanha is one of the great classics of Pali Buddhist literature, a spirited dialogue between the Greek king Milinda and the Buddhist sage Nagasena.
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What is the meaning of Kaivalya Gyan (enlightenment) received by Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
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Answer: Option D
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The meaning of Kaivalya Gyan (enlightenment) received by Abhinandannath Tirthankar was brahma Vidya.
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The greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical literature has been
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Answer: Option B
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Asvaghoṣa or Ashvaghosha was a Buddhist philosopher, dramatist, poet and orator from India. He was born in Saketa in northern India. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kalidasa.
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Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
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Answer: Option B
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On the wall of the cylinder the bull, the horse, the Lion and the Elephant all in the moving position are being placed in between the Chakras. These could symbolize Bull, Lion, Horse and Elephant rolling the Chakras. Pillar was built by Ashoka to mark the site of Buddha's first sermon.
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The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of
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Answer: Option C
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The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of Kanishka I.
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Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were
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Answer: Option D
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Shudra is the fourth varna, or one of the four social categories found in the texts of Hinduism. Buddha considered the caste system unjust. He asserted that morality and deed should be determined the cast of a person instead of birth.
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Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar receive Shiksha (enlightenment)?
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Answer: Option A
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Ayodhya is a city located in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Sumtinath Tirthankar receive Shiksha (enlightenment) at Ayodhya.