General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 522

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 522: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Observation is in a sense the key to the Buddha’s method of knowledge. A. True B. False C....

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 521

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 521: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Buddhism is not culture-bound; focuses on internal practice rather than on external practice. ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 520

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 520: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. The Mahayana scriptures inspired bold systems of philosophy, formulated by such brilliant thinkers...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 519

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 519: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Vesak is the day marking the birth, enlightenment, and passing away of the Buddha, which according...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 518

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 518: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. One of the four noble truths is that life is frustrating and painful. A. True B. False C. ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 517

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 517: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Devadatta, the evil cousin of Buddha, let the working elephant Nalagiri loose against the Buddha w...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 516

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 516: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Siddhartha left the palace, to become Buddha, on a chariot accompanied by his charioteer, Chandaka...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 515

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 515: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1.  In Buddhist prayers, water represents purity. A. True B. False C. Both of the above D. ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 514

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 514: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Buddhist Sutras have been gathered together in a collection called the Tripitaka, which means &#39...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 513

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 513: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. In Buddhism, the monks live alone in huts called 'kutis'. A. True B. False C. Both...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 512

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 512: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. The goal in Theravada Buddhism is to become an Arhat, a person who is free of suffering. A. Tr...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 511

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 511: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Buddha said, "Just as a bird takes its wings with it wherever it flies, so the monk takes his...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 510

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 510: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Devadatta, a cousin of Gautama who became a monk but not an arahant, more than once tried to kill ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 509

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 509: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Buddha's half-brother Nanda joined in Sangha and became an arahant. A. True B. False C...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 508

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 508: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Rajagaha was the capital of Magadha during Buddha’s time. A. True B. False C. Both of the ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 507

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 507: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1.  Sariputta and Maudgalyayana were converted by Assaji, one of the first five disciples of Buddha. ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 506

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 506: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. After enlightenment, for the remaining 45 years of his life, Buddha is said to have traveled in th...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 505

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 505: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. The infant was given the name Siddhartha (Pāli: Siddhattha), meaning "he who achieves his aim...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 504

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 504: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Queen Maha Maya (Māyādevī) and Suddhodana's wife, was a Koliyan princess. A. True B. Fal...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 403

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 403: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Tibetan monks wear dark red robes. A. True B. False C. Both of the above D. None of the ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 501

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 501: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Buddha chose the beautiful symbol of the wheel with its eight spokes to represent the Noble Eightf...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 500

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 500: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Buddhism is about looking at and thinking about our own lives. A. True B. False C. Both of...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 499

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 499: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Prince Siddhartha married a beautiful princess named Yashodhara and they had a son. A. True ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 498

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 498: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. In about the sixth century B.C. Siddhartha Gautama was born into a royal family. A. True B. ...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 497

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 497: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. The Mahāvastu from the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda tradition is another major biography, composed i...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 496

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 496: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Sram...

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 495

General Knowledge Quiz for Civil Service Aspirants: QUIZ 495: Check your Knowledge Quotient! 1. Gautama Buddha was also known as Siddhartha Gautama or Shakyamuni. A. True B. False C. Bot...