1. According to tradition, a mighty king In India in the fourth century BC had been raised
to power by a Taxila brahmin, named
(a) Chanakya
(b) Patanjali
(c) Pushyamitra
(d) Manu
2. Who had established the four Mathas or Monastic seats in the four corners of India?
(a) Madhavacharya
(b) Shankaracharya
(c) Bhaskaracharya
(d) Ramanujacharya
3. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
(a) Vish
(b) Jana
(c) Grama
(d) Gotra
4. The Svetambaras and Digambaras refer to two sects of
(a) Saivism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Vaishnavism
(d) Jainism
5. According to the Mimansa School of Philosophy, liberation is possible through
(a) Yoga
(b) Bhakti
(c) Karma
(d) Jnana
6. The great Hindu law giver was
(a) Manu
(b) Banabhatta
(c) Kapil
(d) Kautilya
7. During whose reign did Buddhism become the state religion?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Skandagupta I
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Ashoka
8. The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held Is
(a) Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra, Vaishali
(b) Vaishali, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Pataliputra
(c) Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir or Jullandhar
(d) Pataliputra, Rajagriha, Kashmir or Jullandhar, Vaishali
9. The fourth Buddhist council had compiled an encyclopaedia of Buddhist philosophy,
called
(a) Sutralankara
(b) Madhyamika Sutra
(c) Jatakas
(d) Mahavibhasha Sutra
10. Who had converted Kanishka to Buddhism?
(a) Parsva
(b) Nagarjuna
(c) Asvaghosha
(d) Vasumitra