Question: What leader of Buddhist Tibet was exiled after the communist Chinese invaded and conquered Tibet during the 1950s?
1) Dalai Lama
2) Karmapa Lama
3) Panchen Lama
4) Reg Llama (of Brixton)
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Question: Buddhism is an offshoot of what other major world religion?
1) Christianity
2) Zoroastrianism
3) Islam
4) Hinduism
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Question: Buddhism is the religion of a substantial portion of the population of which of the following countries?
1) Bhutan
2) Guinea-Bissau
3) Poland
4) Uruguay
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Question: When a Buddhist individual reaches enlightenment, it is said that they reach a certain state that can be literally translated as 'snuffing out'. What is this state?
1) Confusion
2) Cogito, ergo sum
3) Texas
4) Nirvana
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Question: A Sanskrit word meaning 'action' or 'fate', a lot of people equate it to 'what comes around goes around'. What is this term?
1) Karma
2) Bodhi
3) Sutra
4) Sangha
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Question: The Buddhists believe in following a path to enlightenment. How many fold is this path?
1) 60
2) 1,000
3) 100
4) 8
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Question: Which of the following is a popular form of Buddhism in Japan?
1) Zen
2) Pikachu
3) Totoro
4) Matsushita
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Question: What was the real name of the founder of Buddhism?
1) Siddharta Gautama
2) Ashoka
3) Borobodur
4) Suryabaya
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Question: The largest Buddhist Monastery in India is located at...?
1) Gangktok, Sikkim
2) Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
3) Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
4) Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh
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Question: What are the gateways to the Buddhist Stupas called?
1) Toranas
2) Ajantas
3) Jatakas
4) Pandavas
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Question: In which century was Lord Buddha born?
1) 25th century B.C.
2) 36th century B.C.
3) 14th century B.C.
4) 6th century B.C.
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Question: The Tallest Buddha statues at Bamiyan in Afghanistan that were destroyed recently by the Taleban zeolots were carved in
1) Siwalik Mountain Ranges
2) Hindukush Mountain Ranges
3) Kanchenjunga Mountain Ranges
4) Aravalli Mountains
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Question: The largest Buddhist Monastery in India is located at
1) Gangktok, Sikkim
2) Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
3) Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
4) Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh
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Question: Which of the following was described as the "Oxford University of Mahayana Buddhism"?
1) Nalanda
2) Taxila
3) Vikramashila
4) Vallabhi
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