Questions on Buddhism Set 2

Question 1. Karmapa Lama belongs to which of the following sects of Tibetan Buddhism?

(A) Lingamapa

(B) Sakyapa

(C) Kangyupa

(D) Gelugpa

Question 2. Where is the highest in the world ‘Vishwa Shanti Stupa’ located in Bihar?

(A) Patna

(B) Rajgir

(C) Nalanda

(D) Vaishali

Question 3. ‘Tripitaka’ is associated with which of the following? 

(A) Hindus

(B) Sikhs

(C) Buddhists

(D) Jains

Question 4. Which event of Buddha’s life is represented by the wheel with deer, in Indian Art? 

(A) Nirvana

(B) First preaching

(C) Enlightenment

(D) Great departure

Question 5. Where the word ‘Stupa’ has been used for the first time? 

(A) Astadhyayee

(B) Artha Shastra

(C) Jatak Katha

(D) Rigveda

Question 6. Tripitaka’ texts are related to which religion?

(A) Shaivism

(B) Jainism

(C) Buddhism

(D) Vedic religion

Question 7. Second Buddhist Council was organized by _______.

(A) Ashoka

(B) Ananda

(C) Kalashoka

(D) Ajatashatru

Question 8. The Giant Buddha statue of 80 feet at Bodh Gaya was constructed by ________.

(A) Bhutanese

(B) Srilankan

(C) People of Thailand (Thai)

(D) Japanese

Question 9. What is ‘Tripitaka’? 

(A) Collection of the preachings of Buddha

(B) Triratnas of Mahavira

(C) Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh

(D) Three monkeys of Gandhiji

Question 10. The first Buddhist council was held in which of the following cities? 

(A) Bodh Gaya

(B) Rajgir

(C) Gaya

(D) Nalanda

Question 11. Where is the highest in the world ‘Vishwa Shanti Stupa’ located in Bihar ?

(A) Patna

(B) Rajgir

(C) Nalanda

(D) Vaishali

Question 12. The entry of women as a ‘Bhikshuni’ into the Buddhist Sangha was allowed by Gautam Buddha at?

(A) Kushinagar

(B) Rajgriha

(C) Vaishali

(D) Shravasti

Question 13. The first Buddhist Council was held during the reign of?

(A) Udayabhadra

(B) Bimbisara

(C) Ajatashatru

(D) Aniruddha

Question 14. Ashokaram monastery was situated at?

(A) Shravasti

(B) Kaushambi

(C) Pataliputra

(D) Vaishali

Question 15. The concept of the Eightfold path forms the theme of?

(A) Dharma Chakra Pravartana Sutra

(B) Mahaparinibban

(C) Divyavadana

(D) Dipavamsa

Question 16. Where was the third Buddhist Council held? 

(A) Pataliputra

(B) Bodh Gaya

(C) Sarnath

(D) Taxila

Question 17. In ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries, a ceremony called Pavarana used to be held. It was the __________.

(A) Gathering of Buddhist monks on the next day to the full moon day of Ashadha when they take up a fixed abode for the next four months of rainy season

(B) Ceremony of initiation of new person into the Buddhist Sangha in which the head is shaved and when yellow robes are offered

(C) Confession by monks of their offences committed during their stay in the monasteries during the rainy season

(D) Occasion to elect the Sanghparinayaka and two speakers one on Dhamma and the other on Vinaya

Question 18. Whom of the following did Gautam Buddha nominate for the leadership of Buddhist Sangha after his death? 

(A) None of the Below

(B) Upali

(C) Mahakassapa

(D) Ananda

Question 19. Second Buddhist Council was held at which place?

(A) Kashi

(B) Pataliputra

(C) Vaishali

(D) Rajgriha

Question 20. Who among the following wanted to become the leader of the Sangha even during the lifetime of Buddha?

(A) Ananda

(B) Upali

(C) Mahakassapa

(D) Devadatta

Question 21. The Fourth Buddhist Council was held during the reign of _______.

(A) Menander

(B) Harshvardhana

(C) Ashoka

(D) Kanishka

Question 22. ‘Yamaka’ belongs to the Buddhist ‘Pitaka’. 

(A) None of the Below

(B) Abhidhamma

(C) Vinaya

(D) Sutta

Question 23. The teachings of Buddha are related to _______.

(A) Purity and holiness of conduct

(B) Religious rituals

(C) Celibacy

(D) Spirit disputes

Question 24. The Fourth Buddhist Council, which was held in Kashmir during the reign of which king?

(A) Ajatashatru

(B) Kanishka

(C) Kalasoka

(D) Ashoka

Question 25. Which of the following Buddhist literature contains the Buddha’s sermons on matters of ethics and doctrine? 

(A) Sutta Pitaka

(B) Abhidhamma Pitaka

(C) Jataka Stories

(D) Vinaya Pitaka

Question 26. Which of the following Buddhist sacred place is situated on the bank of river Niranjana?

(A) Rishipatan

(B) Lumbini

(C) Kushinagar

(D) Bodh Gaya

Question 27. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Kanishka was held at?

(A) Rajgriha

(B) Kashmir

(C) Pataliputra

(D) Magadha

Question 28. Which of the following Buddhist texts contains the rules of Monastic life?

(A) Vibhasha Shastra

(B) Abhidhamma Pitaka

(C) Vinaya Pitaka

(D) Digha-Nikaya

Question 29. The ‘Bodhi Vriksh’ in Bodh Gaya belongs to which generation of its family?

(A) Sixth

(B) Fifth

(C) Tenth

(D) Third

Question 30. ‘Mahayana’ sect and Buddhism emerged during the reign of __________.

(A) Kanishka

(B) Dharmapala

(C) Ashoka

(D) Ajatashatru