1. Which of the following sites is associated with the birth of Gautama Budhha ?

Sarnath

Lumbini

Kushinagar

Bodh Gaya

Answer: Lumbini

Explanation:

Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha. Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative pillars there.


2. Lomas Rishi Cave, constructed for Buddhist monks is located in which state ?

Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh

Jharkhand

Bihar

Answer: Bihar

Explanation:

The Lomas Rishi Cave, also called the Grotto of Lomas Rishi, is one of the man-made Barabar Caves in the Barabar and Nagarjuni hills of Jehanabad district in the Indian state of Bihar.


3. Which of the following terms is associated with the architecture of a Buddhist Stupa ?

Gopuram

Mandapam

Garbhagriha

Harmika

Answer: Harmika

Explanation:

A square railing around the mount of dirt, at the very top of the stupa is known as Harmika. As a symbol of honour and respect sometimes an umbrella is also mounted on the top of the stupa.


4. In which city was the third Buddhist council held ?

Shravasti

Taxila

Pataliputra

Rangoon

Answer: Pataliputra

Explanation:


5. Which Mauryan ruler became a follower of Buddhism ?

Samudragupta

Brihadratha

Ashoka

Chandragupta

Answer: Ashoka

Explanation:

The lethal war with Kalinga formed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka into a stable and peaceful emperor and he became a patron of Buddhism.


6. Which historical site is located in Jogad in Odisha ?

Royal semicircular auditorium of Gupta dynasty

Ashoka's rock inscription site

Ancient artwork site of Maurya Empire

Palace of the Nawabs of Bengal

Answer: Ashoka's rock inscription site

Explanation:

Jaugada is a ruined fortress in the Ganjam district in Odisha. Jaugada lies 35 km north-west of Berhampur and 160 km south-west of Bhubaneshwar. Once a provincial Mauryan fortified capital of the newly conquered province of Kalinga, Jaugada is famed by its version of the monumental stone-cut edicts in Prakrit of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.


7. The ‘Gandhara’ School of Art was influenced by the art from which of the following European countries ?

Italy

Belgium

Hungary

Greece

Answer: Greece

Explanation:

The combination of these Greco-Roman and Indian ideas along with the influence of other foreign traditions such as from China and Iran resulted in the formation of a distinct style known as the Gandhara School of art.