Religious Movements Important Gk questions Useful for- SSC, Banking, RRB, IBPS, NDA, APSC, UPSC, etc.... Competitive exams.
Q.1. Who was regarded as "Maker of Modern India"?
A) M. G. Ranade
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Raja Rammohan Roy
D) Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer:- C) Raja Rammohan Roy
Q.2 In 1927, Who started the Mahad Satyagraha in Maharashtra ?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Dr. BR. Ambedkar
D) Jyotiba Phule
Answer:- C) Dr. BR. Ambedkar
Q.3. Who is the author of the book, 'Ghulam Giri'?
A) BR Ambedkar
B) Mahasweta Devi
C) Jyotiba Phule
D) Kanshi Ram
Answer:- C) Jyotiba Phule
Q.4. Who had given the slogan 'Back to Vedas'?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Guru Nanak Dev
C) Dayanand Saraswati
D) Bhimrao Ambedkar
Answer:- C) Dayanand Saraswati
Q.5. Who founded the Brahmo Community?
A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Swami Vivekananda
D) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer:- B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q.6. Who was the founder of Atmiya Sabha?
A) Raja Rammohan Roy
B) Keshab Chandra Sen
C) Debendra nath Tagore
D) Raja Radhakant Deb
Answer:- A) Raja Rammohan Roy
Q.7. Which of the following is not the 'Tri Ratna' of Jainism?
A) Right Faith
B) Right Knowledge
C) Right View
D) Right Conduct
Answer:- C) Right View
Q.8. To which religion is the term 'Anuvrata' related?
A) Mahayana Buddhism
B) Hinayana Buddhism
C) Jainism
D) Lokayata School
Answer:- C) Jainism
Q9. Which of following religions does not trust In the concept of 'final annihilation of the world'?
A) Buddhism
B) Jainism
C) Hinduism
D) Islam
Answer:- B) Jainism
Q.10. Who was the first Tirthankara of Jain religion?
A) Parsvanath
B) Rishabhanatha
C) Mahavira
D) Chetaka
Answer:- B) Rishabhanatha
Q.11. The last Tirthankara of Jainism was
A) Parshvanath
B) Mahavira
C) Ajitnath
D) None of them
Answer:- B) Mahavira
Q.12. On the bank of which river Mahavira did Mahavira Swami attain enlightenment?
A) Ganga
B) Yamuna
C) Saraswati
D) Rijupalika
Answer:- D) Rijupalika
Q.13. Mahavira's first disciple was
A) Bhadrabahu
B) Sthulabhadra
C) Charvaka
D) Jamali
Answer:- D) Jamali
Q.14. Which philosophy is recognised by 'Tri-Ratna'
A) Vedic Philosophy
B) Nyaya philosophy
C) Yoga philosophy
D) Jain Philosophy
Answer:- D) Jain Philosophy
Q.15. Samadhi Maran is related to which philosophy-
A) Buddhist philosophy
B) Jain philosophy
C) Yoga philosophy
D) Lokayata philosophy
Answer:- B) Jain philosophy
Q.16. When was Gautam Buddha born?
A) 563 BC
B) 561 BC
C) 558 BC
D) 544 BC
Answer:- A) 563 BC
Q.17. What is the another name of Gautam Buddha?
A) Charvaka
B) Prachhanna
C) Vikramaditya
D) Siddhartha
Answer:- D) Siddhartha
Q.18. Who among the following is known as the 'Light of Asia' ?
A) Jesus Christ
B) Lord Buddha
C) Paigambar Mohammed
D) Zarathustra
Answer:- B) Lord Buddha
Q.19. Who among the following was Buddha's foster mother?
A) Purna
B) Maya
C) Gajalakshmi
D) Mahapajapati Gotani
Answer:- D) Mahapajapati Gotani
Q.20. Where did Gautam Buddha deliver his first sermon?
A) Bodh Gaya
B) Shravasti
C) Sarnath
D) Vaishali
Answer:- C) Sarnath
Q.21. Where did Gautam Buddha attain Nirvana?
A) Lumbini
B) Sarnath
C) Kushinagar
D) Bodh Gaya
Answer:- D) Bodh Gaya
Q.22. 'Dharmachakrapravartana' was performed at
A) Sanchi
B) Shravasti
C) Kushinagar
D) Sarnath
Answer:- D) Sarnath
Q.23. Who among the following was the last person converted by the Buddha ?
A) Anand
B) Vasumitra
C) Goshal
D) Subhadda
Answer:- D) Subhadda
Q.24. Which of the events of Buddha's life is known as 'Mahabhinishkramana'?
A) His death
B) His birth
C) His departure from home
D) His attainment of enlightenment
Answer:- C) His departure from home
Q.25. What is the meaning of 'Tri-ratna' in Buddhism?
A) Tripitaka
B) Buddha, Dhamma (dharma), Sangha
C) Satya, Ahimsa, Karuna
D) Sheel, Samadhi, Sangha
Answer:- D) Sheel, Samadhi, Sangha
Q.26. With reference to Indian history, who among the following is a future Buddha yet to come to save the world?
A) Avalokiteshvara
B) Lokeshvara
C) Maitreya
D) Padmapani
Answer:- C) Maitreya
Q.27. Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
A) Sanskrit
B) Prakrit
C) Pali
D) Sauraseni
Answer:- C) Pali
