
Q1. Who was the president of first Jain council?
(a) Bhadrabahu
(b) Sthalabahu
(c) Devardhigan
(d) Nagarjuna Suri
Q2. Who was the author of Kalpsutra?
(a) Vasumitra
(b) Hemchandra
(c) Bhadrabahu
(d) Sthulbhadra
Q3. Mahavir Swami breathed his last at
(a) Rajgriha
(b) Pawapuri
(c) Vaishali
(d) Champa
Q4. Who among the following is given the credit of
carrying Jainism in South India?
(a) Indrabhuti
(b) Sthulbhadra
(c) Bhadrabahu
(d) Sudharma
Q5. Vikramshila Mahavihar was founded by
(a) Harsha
(b) Gopal
(c) Kumarpal
(d) Dharmapal
S6. Mahavir was born at
(a) Kapilvastu
(b) Lumbini
(c) Kundgram
(d) Champa
S7. Who was the last Tirthankara ?
(a) Mahavir Swami
(b) Aristnemi
(c) Parshvanath
(d) None of these
S8. The first Jain council was convened during the
reign of
(a) Bimbisara
(b) Shisunaga
(c) Mahapadamnand
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
Q9. Who was the author of Buddha Charita?
(a) Asvaghosha
(b) Nagarjuna
(c) Nagasen
(d) Vasumitra
Q10. Which one of the following is not included in the
eight-fold path of Buddhism?
(a) Right speech
(b) Right contemplation
(c) Right desire
(d) Right conduct
Q11. Yapaniya was a school of
(a) Buddhism
(b) Janism
(c) Shaivism
(d) Vaisnavism
Q12. Where was the third Buddhist council held?
(a) Vaishali
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Kashmir
(d) Rajgriha
Q13. Which one of the following is not a part of early
Jains literature?
(a) Therigatha
(b) Acarangasutra
(c) Sutrakritanga
(d) Brihatkalpasutra
Q14. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by
(a) Mahayana Buddhism
(b) Himayana Buddhism
(c) Jainism
(d) The Lokayata School
Q15. In the Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhisatya
Avalokitesvar was also known as
(a) Vajrapani
(b) Manjusri
(c) Padmapani
(d) Maitreya
