Name of the University : University of Hyderabad
Exam : Entrance Examinations
Paper: Ph.D. Buddhist studies
Document Type : Model Question Paper
Year : 2016
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Buddhist Studies Sample Question Paper :
Full marks : 75
Duration of exam : 2 hours
Instruction :
1. There are two sections and the candidates have to answer the questions from both sections 2. Sectional comprising descriptive questions carries 40 marks; and section 2based on objective types of questions carries 35 marks
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Section I :
Answer any four questions’ Each question carries equal marks :
Q1. What is the Buddhist philosophy of Tilakkhaga ? Discuss’
Q2. When and how the Tipilaka was compiled and where was it put to writing in the present format ? Mention at least one primary source that discusses the entire proceedings of the comPilation of the Tipitaka’
Q3. If the Buddhists do not believe in permanence of soul then how can they explain rebirth ? Substantiate your answer the help of origin all texts in Pali.
Q4. Give an account of origin and development of Pali’
Q5.Write a note on the nature and characteristics of the Palilanguage.
Section 2 :
All questions ale compulsory. Each of the first 15 questions carries 2 marks; and each of the question from l6-20-carries 1 mark. Therewifte negative marking C1/3) for the wrong answers.
Ql. Which is not a text of the Abhidhamma Pitaka
a) Dhammasaigagi
b) Dhaukatha
c) Mahavamsa
d) Mahavagga
Q2.Is Tipitaka identical with Tripilaka
a) Yes
b) no
c) sometimes’yes’ and sometimes’no’
d) always
Q3. Who wrote the Visuddhismagga
a) Visnu Sarma
b) Kalidasa
c) Buddhaghosa
d) Dhammapala
Q4. Buddha gave his first sermon at
a) Bodh Gaya
b) Lumbini
c) Samath
d) Varanasi
Q5. Which Jataka story reminds us of the mythological character of Satya Harishchandra
a) Mahajanaka
b) Mahdumagga
c) Khanti
d) Vessantara
Q6. First Buddhist Council was convened in
a) AnuradhaPur
b) Varanasi
c) Kusinara
d) Rajgir
Q7. Second Buddhist Council was convened in
a) Varanasi
b) Kusinara
c) Vaishali
d) Rajgir
Q8. Third Buddhist Council was convened in
a) Gaya
b). Kashmir
c) Patna
d) Cuttuck
Q9. Which of the following discusses the early history of Buddhism
a) MahaParinibbana Sutta
b) Dhammasanga7i
c) Dhetukathe
d) Mahavams
Q10. Mahevagga belongs to
a) Sutta Pitaka
b) VinaYa Pitaka
c) Abhidhamma Pitaka
d) None of the above
Ql1. Which is nol /rue about Pali
a) This is the language of the original Buddhist canons
b) Its traditional name is ‘Bhasa Mdgadhi’
c) Pali is a kind of the Prakrit language; yet it is different from the ‘Magadhi Prakrit’; and Magahi
d) Pali is derived from Sanskrit as its simplified version
Q12. Which of the following Buddhist kings l?rsfencouraged the Buddhist writings in Sanskrit
a) Asoka (Ashoka)
b) Bimbisdra
c) Kaniska
d) Bindusdra
Q13. What is the language that Buddha recommended for preserving the Buddha-vacana
a) Pali
b) Sanskrit
c) one’s own language
d) Prakrit
Q14. The largest rock-hewn statue of the Buddha is/was in
a) Bamiyan, Afghanistan
b) Leshan, China
c) Rangoon, Myanmar
d) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Q15. The inscribed Buddhist canons on stone tablets often called the “largest book of the world” is in
a) Anuradhapur, Sri Lanka
b) Heinsa, South Korea
c) Mandalay, Myanmar
d) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Q16. The largest Buddhist temple in the world is in
a) Borobudur,Indonesia
b) Royal Pagoda, Thailand
c) Sri Dalada Maligawa, Sri Lanka
d) Bupaya Pagoda, Myanmar
Q17. Who according to the Buddhist tradition was not a Buddha
a) Dipankara
b) Konagamana (Kanakamuni)
c) Gotama (Gautama)
d) VishwaPani
Q18. Who according to the Buddhists is Amitabha
a) A Dhydni (Meditative) Buddha
b) A Bodhisatta
c) A Bodhisatfva
d) A Buddha in human fonn (mdnusr Buddha)
Q19. The Buddhist Theory of Tilakkhalra does not imply that
a) All worldly phenomena are transitory
b) All worldly phenomena are grief-inflicting
c) All worldly phenomena are soul-less
d) All worldly phenomena are the ireations of God
Q20. When ‘Bhagava’ or ‘Bhagavdn’ is prefixed before Buddha does it mean that
a) Buddha is God
b) Buddha is one of the gods, viz.,
c) ‘Bhagav6’ or ‘Bhagavdn’ in the above context is just an honorific term
d) None of the above