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A)
Sikkim
B)
Odisha
C)
Assam
D)
Bihar

Correct Answer :   Assam

A)
One who has thus gone
B)
One who has thus awakened
C)
One who has thus enlightened
D)
One who has thus gained knowledge

Correct Answer :   One who has thus gone

The term is often thought to mean either “one who has thus gone” (tatha-gata) or “one who has thus come” (tatha-agata), possibly referring to the transcendental nature of the Buddha’s spiritual attainment.

A)
worship of sculpted stone idols
B)
making heated milk offering twice daily
C)
meditative prayer using Vedic mantras with divine sound
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   making heated milk offering twice daily

Between 1869 and 1873, Dayanand  Saraswati established Gurukul (Vedic schools) in India. At the Vedic schools students were refrained from performing murti puja (worship of sculpted stone idols). Rather, they performed Sandhyavandanam (meditative prayer using Vedic mantras with divine sound) and agnihotra (making heated milk offering twice daily).

A)
Nepal and Tibet
B)
Cambodia and Laos
C)
Indonesia and Nepal
D)
Sri Lanka and Mauritius

Correct Answer :   Nepal and Tibet

A)
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)
Swami Vivekananda
C)
Kabir Das
D)
Adi Shankaracharya

Correct Answer :   Adi Shankaracharya

Adi Shankaracharya consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. His works in Sanskrit discuss the unity of the Atman and Nirguna Brahman “brahman without attributes”. He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism.

A)
Purans have a divine origin as the breath of the Great Being
B)
Vyasa is the arranger of existing material into eighteen Puranas
C)
Both of the above
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Both of the above

A)
Theravada
B)
Mahayana
C)
Both of the above
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Both of the above

Scholars recognize two major extant branches of Buddhism: Theravada (The School of the Elders) and Mahayana (The Great Vehicle).

A)
A branch of Mahayana Buddhism
B)
teachings attributed to Indian adepts
C)
Tibetan Buddhism practiced in Mongolia
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

Vajrayana is a body of teachings attributed to Indian adepts. It is viewed  as a separate branch of Mahayana Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism which is practiced in Mongolia, and Kalmykia preserves the Vajrayana teachings of eighth-century India.

A)
Jalauddin Khilji
B)
Alauddin Khalji
C)
Mubark Shah
D)
Khusrau Shah

Correct Answer :   Alauddin Khalji

A)
8th century
B)
9th century
C)
10th century
D)
11th century

Correct Answer :   10th century

With regards to metrics Utpala was the only important writer on Sanskrit metres. He lived in the latter hall of the tenth century AD.