UGC-NET (NTA) Exam, BUDDHIST, JAINA, GANDHIAN AND PEACE STUDIES, June-2020

Total Questions: 100

1. Jonathan Duncan's report on an act of vandalism at Sarnath published in the "Asiatic Researches" attracted public attention to the ruins of Sarnath. The report was published in which year?

Correct Answer: A. 1798

2. Identify the district in Bihar in which Rounia village, the ancestral home of Bhikkhu Jagdish Kashyap, was situated:

Correct Answer: D. Gaya

3. Identify the place where the mango grove of Pavarika, the favourite halting-place of the Buddha, was situated:

Correct Answer: B. Nalanda

4. At present, Kusinara, the place of the parinibbana of the Buddha is locally known as:

Correct Answer: B. Matha Kaur Ka Kot

5. Ajatasatru calls him the most foolish and the most ignorant of all the teachers he had met. Identify the teacher from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Sanjaya Belattihiputta

6. Identify the correct number of the factors (Angas) of enlightenment (Bodhyanga) from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. 7

7. The number of groups of the Bodhipakkhiya Dhamma from the contemplations to the Eightfold path, form a whole of thirty-seven items, and they for long remained a summary of the positive aspects of the doctrine. This number is:

Correct Answer: B. 7

8. Identify the origin of suffering as per the second noble truth in Buddhism:

Correct Answer: C. Craving

9. Identify the section which branched off from Sthaviravadins along with Vajjiputtakas:

Correct Answer: D. Mahisasaka

10. The monolithic edict column of King Ashoka was broken into pieces by:

Correct Answer: A. Qutub-ud-din