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According to Jaina tradition, how many tirthankaras preceded Mahavira?Read the answer and worked solution →Jaina monks and nuns took five vows. Which of these was NOT one of them?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha was born Siddhartha, son of a chief of which clan?Read the answer and worked solution →In Buddhist philosophy the world is anicca. What does anicca mean?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha's reported last words asked followers to be what unto themselves?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the first woman ordained as a bhikkhuni?Read the answer and worked solution →The Therigatha is a collection of verses composed by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha attained nibbana at which place?Read the answer and worked solution →In a stupa, the balcony-like structure above the mound that represents the abode of the gods is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Worshippers entered a stupa through which gateway and walked clockwise?Read the answer and worked solution →Which commissioner of Guntur carried Amaravati sculptures to Madras in 1854?Read the answer and worked solution →Women swinging from a tree at the Sanchi gateway represent which auspicious motif?Read the answer and worked solution →The new Buddhist tradition that worshipped Bodhisattas and Buddha images was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Buddhist sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the stupa partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Pali termsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Jaina vowsRead the answer and worked solution →Buddhist or JainaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three basketsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Beliefs and buildings bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Sepoys mutinied in which cantonment on the afternoon of 10 May 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →The sepoys reached the gates of the Red Fort in Delhi on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Rebel proclamations urging Hindus and Muslims to unite were put up in which languages?Read the answer and worked solution →In Kanpur the people made which successor of Peshwa Baji Rao II their leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar who led the revolt, belonged to which place in Bihar?Read the answer and worked solution →In Lucknow the people hailed which young son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah as their leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Shah Mal mobilised villagers of pargana Barout. Gonoo led the Kol tribals of which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, who moved with drumbeaters, was popularly called:Read the answer and worked solution →At which battle did rebel forces defeat the British under Henry Lawrence?Read the answer and worked solution →

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According to Jaina tradition, how many tirthankaras preceded Mahavira?

  1. 10
  2. 63
  3. 33
  4. 23
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Correct answer: D. 23

1. Tirthankaras guide people across the river of existence. 2. Mahavira was the 24th, preceded by 23. 3. He lived in the sixth century BCE. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 4, Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments._

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Jaina monks and nuns took five vows. Which of these was NOT one of them?

  1. To fast on every full moon day
  2. To abstain from killing beings
  3. To observe celibacy for life
  4. To abstain from all property
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Correct answer: A. To fast on every full moon day

1. The vows: no killing, stealing or lying. 2. Also celibacy and no property. 3. Fasting on full moon days is not listed. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 4, Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments._

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The Buddha was born Siddhartha, son of a chief of which clan?

  1. Maurya
  2. Sakya
  3. Kuru
  4. Malla
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Correct answer: B. Sakya

1. He had a sheltered palace upbringing. 2. He was a Sakya chief's son. 3. Seeing age, sickness and death changed him. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 4, Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments._

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