This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Buddhism – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Buddhism Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The major contribution of the Third Buddhist Council convened by Ashoka was: A) It purged the Buddhist sangha of its dissenters. B) At this conference kathavatthu was compiled by its President Moggaliputta Tissa. C) It decided to dispatch Buddhist missions to various parts of India and foreign countries. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 2. Which of the following sect of Buddhism was primarily responsible for the spread of Buddhism outside the frontiers of India? A) Vajrayana. B) Mahayana. C) Hinyana. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahayana. 3. In the Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was also known as A) Manjusri. B) Padmapani. C) Maitreya. D) Vajrapani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Padmapani. 4. Birth place of Buddha is A) Patna. B) Sarnath. C) Bodh-Gaya. D) Lumbini. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lumbini. 5. Which one of the following Buddhist sects insist on the 'necessity of the monastic life, worship of the relics of Lord Buddha, attainment of-salvation by one-self alone and in the belief that Lord Buddha will no more be born? A) Hinayan4. B) Vajrayana. C) Lamaism. D) Mahayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinayan4. 6. When did China receive Buddhism? A) Third century B .C. B) First century A.D. C) First century B.C. D) Third Century AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First century A.D. 7. Gautam Buddha was the founder of A) Sikhism. B) Hinduism. C) Jainism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 8. The King Kanishka held a great Buddhist Council under whose presidentship? A) Nagasena. B) Vasumitra. C) Asvaghosha. D) Sanghraksha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vasumitra. 9. Which of the following is the correct statement regarding the Buddha's attitude on the subject of entry of women into the Bud-dhist Sangha? A) He was indifferent on this subject. B) He gladly accepted women into the Sangha. C) He did not allow women into the Sangha. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He gladly accepted women into the Sangha. 10. Which of the features given below was not an aspect of Buddhism? A) Divine intervention was necessary for the process of obtaining salvation. B) It challenged the superiority of the Brahmanas. C) It denied the predominance assigned to vedic texts. D) It was practical and simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divine intervention was necessary for the process of obtaining salvation. 11. Buddha is depicted on the coins of A) Kanishka. B) Wima Kadphises. C) Budhgupta. D) Nahapana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kanishka. 12. The Palas patronized which form of Buddhism? A) Hinayana. B) Mahayana. C) Sarvastavadin. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahayana. 13. From the point of view of places of Buddhist pilgrimage/interest, which of the following is the latest archaeological discovery? A) Discovery and identification of Kapilavastu with Piprahawa, a vi llage i n Ba sti di strict of Ut tar Pradesh. B) Sanghol-a Kushana Buddhist site. C) Discovery of a Pillar indicating the actual birth place of the Buddha, at Lumbini. D) Discovery of the Buddha's tooth relic at Bharhut in M.P. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanghol-a Kushana Buddhist site. 14. Who called Sree Narayana Guru as 'The Second Buddha'? A) Moorkoth Kumaran. B) G. Sankara Kurup,. C) Bodhananda Swamikal,. D) Swami Vivekananda,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G. Sankara Kurup,. 15. Which of the following steps was not taken by Ashoka to promote and patronise Buddhism? A) He got thousands of dissenter monks expelled from the Ashokarama monastery. B) He erected a commemorative pillar at the place where the Buddha was said to have been born. C) Lumbini was made free of religious cess and revenue was reduced to only one-eighth share (of the produce). D) He tooka a great deal of personal interest in the welfare of the monks and the nuns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He tooka a great deal of personal interest in the welfare of the monks and the nuns. 16. The points of similarity between Buddhism and Hinduism is A) The missionary spirit. B) The pantheon of Gods in Hinduism. C) Acceptance of the laws of Karma and the Hindu theories of re-birth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acceptance of the laws of Karma and the Hindu theories of re-birth. 17. Who is supposed to be the future Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism? A) Krakuchanda. B) Amitabha. C) Kanak Muni. D) Maitreya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maitreya. 18. What is the greatest debt owed by the Buddhist world to Sri Lanka? A) The preservation of Buddha's relics and sacred Bodhi tree. B) The propagation of Buddhism in South-East Asian countries. C) The reservation of the Pali canon in its entirety. D) The development of Buddhism through Simhalese commentaries of Buddhist texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The propagation of Buddhism in South-East Asian countries. 19. Buddhist doctrines are contained in A) Jatakas. B) Satapathas. C) Upanishadas. D) Dhammapada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dhammapada. 20. The majority of the Buddhist vases in India are found in Western Maharashtra because: A) Many of the royal dynasties of Western India were patrons of Buddhism. B) The Sahyadri mountain in western Maharashtra with its hard trap was best suited for rock-cut architecture. C) The caves in this region provided a safe sanctuary away from foreign invaders. D) There was a long-standing tradition in this region of royal patronage to rock-cut architecture. 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