QUIZ 504

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. Queen Maha Maya (Māyādevī) and Suddhodana's wife, was a Koliyan princess.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. Legend has it that, on the night Siddhartha was conceived, Queen Maya dreamt that a white elephant with six white tusks entered her right side.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. Buddha is said to have been born on the way, at Lumbini, in a garden beneath a sal tree.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. The day of the Buddha's birth is widely celebrated in Theravada countries as Vesak.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. Buddha's birth anniversary holiday is called "Buddha Poornima" in India.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A