QUIZ 526

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. In the Buddha’s time, Brahmins had begun to go forth as hermits.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. When the Buddha was born, Asita made the first prophecy regarding His future greatness.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. Buddhism draws most of its inspiration from the Indus Valley religion, the ideas of renunciation, meditation, karma and rebirth, ultimate liberation.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. Buddha Himself indicated the Indus Valley origins of His tradition when He said that the path which He taught was an ancient path and the goal to which He pointed to was an ancient goal.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. The kingdom of Magadha ruled by Bimbisara in the time of the Buddha is an example of an emerging territorial state.

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