UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
All India Entrance Examination, 2012
Course: Ph.D Subject: Buddhist Studies Duration ofexamination: 2 hrs Full marks: 75
The candidates have to attempt all questions from Part-A; and anyfive questions from Part-B. Each question from Part-A carries 1 mark; and there shall be negative marking of .33 for each wrong answer. Each question from Part-B carries 10 marks.
Part-A
Q1. Where did the Buddha make his last utterance (antima vaca) Kushinagar Pava Sarnath Vaishali
Q2.The Law Book of the Buddhists (Vinaya Pitaka) is compiled by a person, who in the Brahmanical varna scale was a Vaishya Shudra Kshatriya Brahmin
Q3. How many Pitaka-s were compiled during the first Buddhist Council? one two three four
Q4. What is the language of the Buddhist canons compiled by the Sarvastivadins Pali Prakrit Sanskrit Apabhransha
Q5. Who had offered food to the Buddha that made him sick and eventually caused his demise (Parinibbana) ChuI).<;la the pork butcher ChuI).<;la the iron-smith Ambapali d)subhadda
Q6.Which of the following is chronologically the earliest compilation Dhamma Pitaka Abhidhamma Pitaka Abhidharma Pitaka Joana Prasthana Sastra
Q7. Which of the following is not a book of Ahidhamma Pitaka DhammasaJiga.pf Pa//hana Dhatukatha Abhidhammattha-saIigaha
Q8. Which of the following is not a part of the Vinaya Pitaka Namariipa-Pariccheda Khandhaka Pariv8ra Sutta-VibhaIiga



Q9. Which of the following is not a part of the Sutta Pitaka Tberigatha DigbaNikaya Mabavastll AIiguttara Nikaya
QlO. Which of the following is not true as an outcome of the third Buddhist Council Pitakas were finalized into the currently available format Buddhist missionaries were sent to several parts of the world The proceedings of the council are well-recorded in Dipavarpsa and Mabavarpsa The Mahasanghika School of Buddhism was founded
Q11. Which is not true about Pali This is the language of the original Buddhist canons Its traditional name is 'Bhasa Magadhl' Pali is a kind of the Prakrit language; yet it is different from the 'Magadhi Prakrit'; and
Magahi
Pali is derived from Sanskrit as its simplified version

Q12. Which of the following Buddhist kings firstencouraged the Buddhist writings in Sanskrit Asoka (Ashoka) Bimbisiira
Bindusiira
Q13. What is the language that Buddha recommended for preserving the " Buddha-vacana Pali Sanskrit one's own language Prakrit
Q14. The largest rock-hewn statue of the Buddha is/was in Bamiyan, Afghanistan Leshan, China Rangoon, Myanmar Kandy, Sri Lanka
Q15. The inscribed Buddhist canons on stone tablets often called the "largest book of the
world" is in
Anuradhapur, Sri Lanka Heinsa, South Korea
Mandalay, Myanmar Kandy, Sri Lanka

Q16. The largest Buddhist temple in the world is in
Borobudur, Indonesia Royal Pagoda, Thailand
Sri Dalada Maligawa, Sri Lanka Bupaya Pagoda, Myanmar

Q17. Who according to the Buddhist tradition was not a Buddha
Dipailkara Konagamana (Kanakamuni)
Gotama (Gautama) Vishwapani

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Q18. Who according to the Buddhists is Amitabha A Dhyam (Meditative) Buddha A Bodhisatta A Bodhisattva A Buddha in human form (manusfBuddha)
Q19. The Buddhist Theory of TilakkhaJ}.a does not imply that All worldly phenomena are transitory All worldly phenomena are grief-inflicting All worldly phenomena are soul-less All worldly phenomena are the creations of
God
Q20. When 'Bhagava' or 'Bhagavan' is prefixed before Buddha does it mean that Buddha is God
Buddha is one of the gods, viz.,
'Bhagava' or 'Bhagavan' in the above context is just an honorific term
None of the above

Q21. Buddhism believes in rebirth because the Buddhists believe in the existence of a permanent soul (almaor aft§) believe in God believe in the concept of nama-riipa None of the above
Q22. How many clauses of India's foreign policy of 'Panchsheel' are common with the Buddhist concept of 'Panchsheel' ('Paficasila') as discussed in the original Buddhist canons
one two
all five none

Q23. Who wrote the Visuddhimagga Buddhadatta Buddhaghosa Ananda Upali
Q24. The famous Pali scholar Anuruddhacariya was born in Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu Bhattiprolu in Andhra Pradesh Nalanda in Bihar Varanasi in U.P.
Q25.Which is not true about Buddhism man is a combination of mind and matter every phenomenon is dependent on some other phenomenon for its origin Nihilism or Ucchedavada Rejection of the law of conservation of matter



Part-B
Q1. What is the doctrine of Dependent Origination? Discuss.
Q2. "Man is the combination of mind and matter". Discuss this statement in light of Buddhism.
Q3. Give a critical estimate of the works of Anuruddhacariya or Buddhaghosa.
Q4. "Buddhism does not believe in the existence of alma or soul, yet it believes in rebirth". Explain. Q5. Show your acquaintance with the Visuddhimagga; Q6. Write a note on origin and homeland of the Pali language. Q7. Show your acquaintance with the Madhyamaka-Karikaby Nagarjuna. Q8. What is the importance of the Buddhist Councils that held in India? Discuss.