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61
The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of
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Answer: Option D
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Mahayana sect of Buddhism emerged during the reign of Kanishka. Asanga was the founder of Mahayan sect of Buddhism.
62
The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
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Answer: Option C
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The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature native to India concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.
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What was the number of monks in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
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Answer: Option B
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1 lakh monks were there in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar.
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How many gandhara were in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
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Answer: Option D
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Gandhara was an ancient kingdom of the Peshawar Valley, extending between the Swat valley and Potohar plateau regions of Pakistan as well as the Jalalabad district of northeastern Afghanistan. There were 95 ganadhara in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar.
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What was the name of the father of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
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Answer: Option A
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Shree Ajitnath Bhagwan. Ajitnatha was born at Ayodhya in the ikshvaku clan. His father was king Jitashatru raja and mother was queen Vijaya.
66
The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is
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Answer: Option C
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The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar.
67
The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their
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Answer: Option C
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The capital is carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, and was always a separate piece from the column itself.
68
Gautama Buddha was born at
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Answer: Option D
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According to the Buddhist tradition, Gautama was born in Lumbini, now in modern-day Nepal, and raised in the Shakya capital of Kapilvastu, which may have been either in what is present day Tilaurakot, Nepal or Piprahwa, India.
69
Name the ruler whose patronage had been enjoyed by Jainism
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Answer: Option B
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Kharavela was a king of Kalinga in present-day Odisha, India. He ruled somewhere around first or second century BCE. His name is also transliterated as Kharabeḷa. He is the best known king of the Mahameghavahana dynasty.
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The Buddha's Eight Fold Path did not include
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Answer: Option D
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The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi ('meditative absorption or union'). The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal teachings of Theravada Buddhism, taught to lead to Arhatship.