| 1) | Buddha means...
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A) The enlightened one
B) The religious preacher
C) The genius
D) The powerful
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| 2) | Buddha lived approximately at the same time as ...
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A) Hammurabi
B) Moses
C) Prophet Mohammad
D) Confucius
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| 3) | Who is known as the 'Light of Asia' ?
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A) Jesus Christ
B) Lord Buddha
C) Prophet Mohammad
D) Zarathustra
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| 4) | The Lumbini was the birth place of Buddha is attested by an inscription of...
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A) Pushuamitra Sung
B) Kanishka
C) Ashoka
D) Harsha
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| 5) | In Buddhism... What does 'Patimokkha' stands for ?
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A) The questions of King Menander
B) The rules of the Sangha
C) A description of Hiragana Buddhism
D) A description of Mahayana Buddhism
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| 6) | Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last (Mahaparinirvan) ? |
A) Kushinagar
B) Sarnath
C) Bodh Gaya
D) Rajgir
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| 7) | Where the largest monolithic statue of Buddha has been installed ? |
A) Bamiyan
B) Hyderabad
C) Kandy
D) Lhasa
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| 8) | Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists ? |
A) Upanishad
B) Vedas
C) Tripitaka
D) Agams
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| 9) | In which state of India, the 'Nalanda University' located in India ?
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A) West Bengal
B) Bihar
C) Orissa
D) Uttar Pradesh
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| 10) | Who was the author of 'Buddha Charita' ?
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A) Asvaghosha
B) Nagasena
C) Nagarjuna
D) Shankaracharya
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| 11) | Buddha's preaching were mainly related to... |
A) Belief in one god
B) Practice of rituals
C) Purity of thought and conduct
D) Idol worship
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| 12) | Where did Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as "Dharma Chakra Pravartan" ?
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A) Sanchi
B) Sarnath
C) Sravasti
D) Bodh Gaya
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| 13) | Buddha was born at ... |
A) Vaishali
B) Kapilvastu
C) Pataliputra
D) Lumbini
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| 14) | Mahabodhi Temple has been built at Bodh Gaya Where ... |
A) Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment
B) Gautama Buddha passed away
C) Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon
D) Gautama Buddha was born
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| 15) | Gautama Buddha was elevated to the position of God by the time of ...
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A) Ashoka
B) Kanishka
C) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
D) Harsha
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| 16) | 'The first Buddhist Council' was held in which of the following city ?
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A) Nalanda
B) Gaya
C) Rajgriha
D) Bodh Gaya
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| 17) | The Three Jewels ( triratna ) of Buddhism ?
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A) Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
B) Buddha, Karma and Sangha
C) Buddha, Dharma and Karma
D) Buddha, Dharma and Rebirth
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| 18) | How many list of qualities that contribute to awakening are called 'bodhipakkhiyadhamma' in Buddhism ? |
A) six
B) five
C) eight
D) Seven
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| 19) | After Buddha died, how many years later the first Buddhist canonical texts were likely written down in Sri Lanka ? |
A) 400 years
B) 200 years
C) 100 years
D) 40 years
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| 20) | What was the childhood name of Buddha ? |
A) Siddhartha Gautama
B) Suddhodana Gautama
C) Rahula Gautama
D) Nanda Gautama
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