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JAINISM AND BUDDHISM MCQs

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Question 71. The first Tirthankara of the Jains was
  1.    Arishtanemi
  2.    Ajitanath
  3.    Parshvanath
  4.    Rishabha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Rishabha
Question 72. The language in which Buddha preached?
  1.    Urdu
  2.    Pali
  3.    Hindi
  4.    Hebrew
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Pali
Question 73. Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as
  1.    Siddhartha
  2.    Suddhodhana
  3.    Rahul
  4.    Gautam
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Siddhartha
Question 74. Which ruler founded the famous Vikramshila University for the Buddhists?
  1.    Gopala
  2.    Mahipala
  3.    Devapala
  4.    Dharampala
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Dharampala
Question 75. Ashoka was much influenced by Buddhist monk called
  1.    Vasubandhu
  2.    Ambhi
  3.    Upagupta
  4.    Asvagosha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Upagupta
Question 76. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
  1.    Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
  2.    Inscriptions of Ashoka
  3.    Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
  4.    Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Inscriptions of Ashoka
Question 77. Gautama Buddha was brought up by
  1.    Mahaprajapati
  2.    Mayadevi
  3.    Kundavi
  4.    Sangamitra
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Mahaprajapati
Question 78. Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?
  1.    Ajatshatru
  2.    Bimbisara
  3.    Mahapadma Nanda
  4.    Udayin
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Bimbisara
Question 79. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
  1.    A is false but R is true
  2.    Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  3.    Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
  4.    A is true but R is false
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
Question 80. Who among the following rulers was first to embrace Buddhism?
  1.    Bimbisara
  2.    Ajatasatru
  3.    Ashoka
  4.    Bindusara
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ashoka

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