1. "Atman is everything and everything is Atman" is the ...................... Doctrine?
2. Which one among the following is not true with regard to Rigveda Samhita?
- A. There are about 300 non-Indo-European worlds in Rigveda
- B. There is a reference to dasarajna (battle of ten kings) in the Rigveda
- C. It is mentioned in the Rigveda that the Bharata chief Sudas fought against a confederacy of ten tribes
- D. Purus sided with the Bharata in the battle of ten kings
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3. Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order?
- A. Shankaracharya,Ramanuja, Chaitanya
- B. Ramanuja,Shankaracharya,Chaitanya
- C. Ramanuja,Chaitanya,Shankaracharya
- D. Shankaracharya,Chaitanya,Ramanuja
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4. What was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis?
- A. Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi Saints for seeking barkat (spiritual grace)
- B. Reciting divine name
- C. Offering free kitchens run on futuh (unasked for charity)
- D. Setting up of auqaf (charitable trusts)
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5. Buddha and Mahavira died during the reign of
6. In Buddhism, what does patimokkha stand for?
- A. A description of Mahayana Buddhism
- B. A description of Hinayana Buddhism
- C. The rules of Sangha
- D. The question of King Menander
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7. The saga who is said to have Aryanisad South India was
8. Borobudur is the site of
- A. a huge temple of Vishnu and Shiva in Java, built in the 12th Century AD
- B. an enormous Stupa in Java,built in the 8th Century AD
- C. a magnificent palace of a Chola King in Tamil Nadu
- D. a Jain Monastery in Gujarat
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9. The 9th mandala of the Rigveda Samhita is devited wholly to
- A. Urvashi and the heaven
- B. 'soma' and the God , who is named after the drink
- C. Indra and his elephant
- D. Gods related to plants and drugs
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10. Which of the following statement about Nayanars (worshippers of Vishnu) and Alvars (worshippers of Shiva) of South India is not correct?
- A. They believed in austerities
- B. They looked upon religion as a living bond based on the love between the God and the worshipper
- C. They spoke and wrote the language which everyone could unerstand
- D. They disregarded the inequalities of caste
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