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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was Gautam Buddha born?

a)

About 2,500 years ago

b)

About 1,500 years ago

c)

About 3,000 years ago

2.

Whose wordings are these, “All beings, long to live.

To all things life is dear.”

(a)  

3.

Which of the following was not part of "Sangha" life?

a)

Leading simple life and Meditating most of the time

b)

Begging for food and and teaching people

c)

Writing about teachings of Buddha and composing poems describing their life in Sangha

d)

Painting portraits of Gautam Buddha and other gurus

4.

Select the correct combination.

a)

Grihastha------Give up everything

b)

Vanaprastha------Marry and live as household

c)

Brahmacharya-----Study the vedas

d)

Samnyasa------Live in forest and meditate

5.

Vardhamana Mahavira was a

kshatriya prince of the Lichchhavis, a group that

was part of the (a)   sangha.

6.

One famous

exception was (a)   , who was named

after his mother, the slave woman Jabali.

7.

(a)   who was famous for her learning, and participated

in debates held in royal courts.

8.

The Buddha

taught in the language of

the ordinary people,

(a)   , so that everybody

could understand his

message.

9.

Gautama Buddha passed away at _____________.

a)

Kusinara

b)

Bodhgaya

c)

Sarnath

d)

Varanasi

10.

The Prakrit spoken in Magadha was known as

a)

Magadhi

b)

Pali

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Hindi

11.

Vardhamana mahavira was the____ thrithakara of jains.

a)

20

b)

19

c)

24

d)

30

12.

Where is the written form of the teachings of Mahavira an his followers found in present date.

a)

Varanasi

b)

Valabhi

c)

Sarnath

d)

Bodh Gaya

13.

Later who developed the Upanishads?

a)

Shankaracharya

b)

Brahmacarya

c)

Monks

14.

Jainism was primarily supported by _________.

a)

Farmers

b)

Herders

c)

Kings

d)

Traders

15.

Buddha belonged to a small Gana known as the __________.

a)

Vajji

b)

Sakya

c)

Krishna

d)

Buddhist