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Class -6
Chapter- 6
New Questions And Ideas
F.M.30
Section -A
Q1. Write True or False: (1X5=5)
i.) Gautam Buddha was also known as Siddhartha.
ii.) Buddha taught people to be unkind and disrespectful.
iii.) The Buddha attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya.
iv.) Upanishad is a book of religious ideas.
v.) Panini was a famous grammarian.
Q2. Fill in the blanks: (1X5=5)
i.) The Buddha belonged to _____ gana.
ii.)_____ was a famous woman thinker.
iii.) The Buddha’s teachings were in_____ language.
iv.) The last and 24th tirthankara of the Jaina was ____.
v.)______ means a stage of life.
Q3. Match the following: (1X5=5)
A B
i.) viharas a. famous thinker
ii.) Vinaya Pitaka b. non -violence
iii.) Satyakama Jabala c.rules of Buddhist Sangha
iv.) Mahavira d. monasteries
v.) Ahimsa e. Jainism
Section -B
Q4. Very Short Answer Type Questions: (1X4=4)
i.) Name some popular women thinkers.
ii.) In which part of the country Jainism has spread?
iii.) What is a Sangha?
iv.) Who were bhikkhus and bhikkunis?
Section -C
Q5. Short Answer Type Questions: (2X2=4)
i.) Write few lines about Mahavira?
ii.) Write about teachings of Buddha.
Section -D
Q6. Long Answer Type Questions: – (1X3=3)
i.) What are the main teachings of Mahavira?
OR
ii.) Which questions were answered by the Upanishadic thinkers?
Section -E
Q7. Read the given passage and answer the following questions: – (1X4=4)
Both the Mahavira and the Buddha felt that only those who left their homes could gain true knowledge. They arranged for them to stay together in the sangha, an association of those who left their homes. The rules made for the Buddhist sangha were written down in a book called the Vinaya Pitaka. From this, we know that there were separate branches for men and women. All men could join the sangha. However, children had to take the permission of their parents and slaves that of their masters. Those who worked for the king had to take his permission and debtors that of creditors. Women had to take their husbands’ permission. Men and women who joined the sangha led simple lives. They meditated for most of the time, and went to cities and villages to beg for food during fixed hours. That is why they were known as bhikkhus (the Prakrit word for renouncer) and bhikkhunis. They taught others, and helped one another. They also held meetings to settle any quarrels that took place within the sangha. Those who joined the sangha included brahmins, kshatriyas, merchants, labourers, barbers, courtesans and slaves. Many of them wrote down the teachings of the Buddha. Some of them also composed beautiful poems, describing their life in the sangha.
i.) Why Buddha and Mahavira wanted to their followers to leave their homes?
ii.) What is Vinaya Pitaka?
iii.) Which all people joined the Sangha?
iv.) What is the meaning of ‘bhikkhus’?
Answers
Section -A
Q1. Write True or False:
i.) True
ii.) False
iii.) True
iv.) True
v.) True
Q2. Fill in the blanks:
i.) Saka Gana
ii.) Gargi
iii.) Prakrit
iv.) Vardhamana Mahavira
v.) Ashram
Q3. Match the following:
i.) d. monasteries
ii.) c. rules of Buddhist sangha
iii.) a. famous thinker
iv.) e. Jainism
v.) b. Non violence
Section -B
Q4. Very Short Answer Type Questions:
i.) Some popular women thinkers were Gargi, Apala, Ghosha and Maitreyi.
ii.) Jainism spread to different parts of North India, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
iii.) Sangha is an association of all those people who left their houses and family life to follow Buddhism and Jainism.
iv.) Men and women who left their homes and joined the sanghas to lead a simple life were called as bhikkhus and bhikkhunis
Section -C
Q5. Short Answer Type Questions:
i.)Vardhamana Mahavira was the last and 24th ‘tirthankara’ of the Jainas. He was a kshatriya prince of the Lichchhavis jana. Their kingdom was a part of the Vajji sangha. He shunned all worldly pleasures and comforts of life at an age of thirty. He started to live in a forest alone living a hard life for around twelve years. After meditating and searching for truth for twelve years continuously he achieved enlightenment.
ii.) The Buddha in his teachings spread that life was full of sorrow, suffering and unhappiness and all these was because humans do not lead a simple life but are full of desires and want pleasures. These desires are not fulfilled which cause sufferings. Buddha taught that intense greed should be discarded, he wanted his followers to live life in moderation, to be kind, truthful and respectful to all living things.
Section -D
Q6. Long Answer Type Questions: –
i.) The last and 24th ‘tirthankara’ of the Jainas, Vardhamana Mahavira started spreading his messages around 2500 years ago. Mahavira taught a very simple philosophy to his followers that they should leave their homes to gain knowledge of truth, follow ‘ahimsa’ by not hurting or killing living animals, lead a very simple and frugal life and leave all the pleasures of life. He taught his followers to leave all comforts of life, beg for their food and lead a life of celibacy.
OR
ii.) Around 2500 years ago, many philosophers and thinkers were trying to understand about the aim and true meaning of life. They were trying to find answers to many questions like what is death, what happened after death. Some wanted to know about the reason why sacrifices were performed in rituals. Many thinkers believed that few things in this world were permanent and stay even after death. They believed in the presence of ‘Atman’ and ‘Brahman’. Many ideas and knowledge of these thinkers are recorded in the ‘Upanishads’. The Upanishadic thinkers tried to answer many difficult questions of life through simple dialogues.
Section -E
Q7. Read the given passage and answer the following questions: –
i.) Mahavira and Buddha wanted their followers to leave their homes to attain true knowledge.
ii.) The rules made for the Buddhist sangha were written in a book named as Vinaya Pitaka.
iii.) People like brahmins, kshatriyas, merchants, labourers, barbers, courtesans and slaves joined the Sangha.
iv.) The word ‘bhikkhus’ means ‘renouncer’ in Prakrit.