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UPSC CDS Ancient Indian History — practice questions — page 12

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The Buddha belonged to which small gana?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha attained enlightenment under a peepal tree at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha taught for the first time at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha passed away at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha described constant craving, the cause of suffering, as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha taught in which language so that everybody could understand?Read the answer and worked solution →Upanishadic thinkers called the individual soul the:Read the answer and worked solution →The word Upanishad literally means:Read the answer and worked solution →Which woman thinker, famous for her learning, debated in royal courts per the Upanishads?Read the answer and worked solution →Who prepared a grammar for Sanskrit with about 3000 short formulae?Read the answer and worked solution →Vardhamana Mahavira was the last and which tirthankara of the Jainas?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira was a kshatriya prince of which group within the Vajji sangha?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira left home to live in a forest at the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira's rule of not hurting or killing living beings is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Jainism was supported mainly by:Read the answer and worked solution →The teachings of Mahavira were written down about 1500 years ago at:Read the answer and worked solution →The rules of the Buddhist sangha were written down in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Buddhist monks who begged for food were known in Prakrit as:Read the answer and worked solution →Permanent monasteries built for monks and nuns were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The four ashramas were brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha and:Read the answer and worked solution →The teachings of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster are contained in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Buddhist sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the six schoolsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the thinkers and placesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the new ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Buddhist or JainaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the teachersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →New ideas bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Pepper from south India was so valued in the Roman Empire that it was called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Buddha belonged to which small gana?

  1. Malla
  2. Sakya
  3. Koliya
  4. Vajji
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Correct answer: B. Sakya

1. He was a kshatriya. 2. He belonged to the Sakya gana. 3. Mahavira was a Lichchhavi of the Vajji sangha. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 6, New Questions and Ideas._

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The Buddha attained enlightenment under a peepal tree at:

  1. Bodh Gaya
  2. Sarnath
  3. Kusinara
  4. Lumbini
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Correct answer: A. Bodh Gaya

1. He meditated for days on end. 2. Enlightenment came at Bodh Gaya in Bihar. 3. He was then called the Buddha, the Wise One. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 6, New Questions and Ideas._

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The Buddha taught for the first time at:

  1. Rajagriha
  2. Sarnath
  3. Bodh Gaya
  4. Kusinara
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Correct answer: B. Sarnath

1. It lies near Varanasi. 2. The first sermon was at Sarnath. 3. A stupa marks the place. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 6, New Questions and Ideas._

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