Chapter 8 India : Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife

1. The concept of Eight-Fold Path

forms the theme of(UPSC / IAS 1998)

2. Many of the Greeks Kushanas and

Shakas embraced Buddhism

rather than Hinduism because(UPSC / IAS 1998 )

3. Which of the following pairs are

correctly matched? (UPSC / IAS 1998)

1) Lothal: Ancient dockyard

2) Sarnath: First Sermon of Buddha

3) Rajgir: Lion capital of Ashoka

4) Nalanda: Great seat of Buddhist

learning

Select the correct answer using the

codes given below:

Codes:

4. A: The emphasis of Jainism on

non-violence (ahimsa) prevented

agriculturalists from embracing

Jainism.

R: Cultivation involved killing of

insects and pests. (UPSC / IAS 2000)

5. Who among the following

presided over the Buddhist

Council held during the reign of

Kanishka at Kashmir? (UPSC / IAS 2001)

6. Consider the following statements: (UPSC / IAS 2003 )

1) Vardhaman Mahavira’s mother was

the daughter of Lichchhavi chief

Chetaka.

2) Gautama Buddha’s mother was a

princess from the Kosalan dynasty.

3) Parshvanatha, the twenty-third

Tirthankara, belonged to Benaras.

Which of these statements is/are

correct?

7. With reference to ancient Jainism,

which one of the following

statements is correct? (UPSC / IAS 2004 )

8. Consider the following statements: (UPSC / IAS 2004)

1) The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien

attended the fourth Great Buddhist

Council held by Kanishka

2) The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang met

Harsha and found him to be

antagonistic to Buddhism

Which of the statements given above

is/are correct?

9. The Jain philosophy holds that

the world is created and(UPSC / IAS 2011 )

maintained by

10. A Lord Buddha’s image is

sometimes shown with the hand

gesture called ‘Bhumisparsha

Mudra’. It symbolizes(UPSC / IAS 2012 )

11. With reference to the history of

ancient India, which of the

following was/were common to

both Buddhism and Jainism? (UPSC / IAS 2012 )

1. Avoidance of extremities of penance

and enjoyment

2. Indifference to the authority of the

Vedas

3 Denial of efficacy of rituals

Select the correct answer using the

codes given below:

12. Which of the following statements

is/are applicable Jain doctrine? (UPSC / IAS 2013 )

1) The surest way of annihilating Karma

is to practice penance

2) Every object, even the smallest

particle has a soul

3) Karma is the bane of the soul and

must be ended

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codes given below:

13. Anekantavada is a core theory

and philosophy of which one of

the following? (UPSC / IAS 2018 )

14. With reference to the religious

history of India, consider the

following statements: (UPSC / IAS 2017 )

1) Sautrantika and Sammitiya were the

sects of Jainism.

2) Sarvastivadin held that the

constituents of phenomena were not

wholly momentary, but existed forever

in a latent form.

Which of the statements given above

is/are correct?

15. Consider the following: (UPSC / IAS 2019)

1) Deification of the Buddha

2) Treading the path of Bodhisattvas

3) Image worship and rituals

Which of the above is/are the feature/

features of Mahayana Buddhism?

16. Which of the following Kingdoms

were associated with the life of

the Buddha? (UPSC / IAS 2014 )

1) Avanti

2) Gandhara

3) Kosala

4) Magadha

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code given below

17. In ancient Indian Buddhist

monasteries, a ceremony called

Pavarana used to be held. It was

the(UPSC / IAS 2002 )

18. In ancient Indian Buddhist

monasteries, a ceremony called

Pavarana used to be held. It was

the(UPSC / IAS 2002 )