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11. The famous Dilwara temples of Mount Abu are a sacred pogrimage place for the ____?
A. Sikh
B. Parsis
C. Jains
D. Buddhism
ANSWER: C.Jains
SOLUTION : The temples of Dilwara are a sacred pilgrimage place for the Jains.
12. Who was the twenty four Tirthankara?
A. Rishabha
B. Mahavira
C. Parshavanatha
D. None
ANSWER: B.Mahavira
SOLUTION: The 24th and last tirthankara of the present half-cycle was Mahavira (599 BC–527 BC).
13. What was the symbol of the last Tirthankara of Jainism, Mahavira?
A. Lion
B. Lotus
C. Bull
D. Snake
ANSWER: A.Lion
SOLUTION:He delivered his first sermon at Pava. A symbol was associated with every Tirthankara and Mahavira’s symbol was a lion. He passed away at the age of 72 in 468 B.C. at the Pavapuri in Bihar.
14. In which state is the Jain temple of Dilwara located?
A. Rajastan
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Bihar
ANSWER: A.Rajastan
SOLUTION:The Dilwara Temples or Delvada Temples are a group of Śvētāmbara Jain temples located about 2+1⁄2 kilometres from the Mount Abu settlement in Sirohi District, Rajasthan’s only hill station. The earliest were built by Bhima I and supposedly designed or at least financed by Vastupala, Jain minister of Dholka.
15. Where did the first association of Jainism take place?
A. Patliputra
B. Rajgir
C. Pawapuri
D. Vaishali
ANSWER: A.Patliputra
SOLUTION:The first Jain Council was convened at Pataliputra by Sthulabahu.
16. Which sect of Jains remain naked?
A. Arihant
B. Nigrantha
C. Digambaras
D. Svetambaras
ANSWER:C.Digambaras
SOLUTION :Digambara, one of the two principal sects of the Indian religion Jainism, whose male ascetics shun all property and wear no clothes. In accordance with their practice of nonviolence, the monks also use a peacock-feather duster to clear their path of insects to avoid trampling them.
17. Who was the 23rd Tirthankara of the Jainism?
A. Rishabdeva
B. Mahavir
C. Parshvanath
D. None of these
ANSWER: C.Parshvanath
SOLUTION: Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara (“Ford-maker,” i.e., saviour) of the present age, according to Jainism, a religion of India.
18. Where was Mahavira born?
A. Lumbini
B. Kundalgram
C. Pawapuri
D. Kapilvastu
ANSWER: B.Kundalgram
SOLUTION:Mahavira was born in the year 540 B.C., in a place called Kundagrama, near Vaishali in present-day Bihar. He was the founder of Jainism.
19. Who was the father of Mahavira?
A. Suddhodhana
B. Bimbisara
C. Siddartha
D. Parshvanatha
ANSWER: C.Siddartha
SOLUTION: Siddhartha was the father of Mahavira (Vardhamana), the 24th Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the ruler of the Nata, Ainwar (Light), Gyat or Jnatri clan in Kshatriya Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali.