QUIZ 505

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. The infant was given the name Siddhartha (Pāli: Siddhattha), meaning "he who achieves his aim".

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. During Buddha's birth celebrations, the hermit seer Asita journeyed from his mountain abode and announced that the child would either become a great king (chakravartin) or a great holy man.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. Tradition and legend characterized Śuddhodana as a hereditary monarch, the descendant of the Solar Dynasty of Ikṣvāku (Pāli: Okkāka).

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. Buddha was brought up by his mother's younger sister, Maha Pajapati.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. Siddhartha is said to have spent 29 years as a prince in Kapilavastu.

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