09. Practice of bhakti-yoga, _____________ will surely bring one to the stage of love of God.
a) Under the rules and regulations
b) With the directions of a spiritual master
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
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10. Can a person, who cannot sacrifice the results of his activities, but sacrifices some percentage to propagate krishna consciousness, reach the stage of perfection?
a) Yes
b) No
11. What can be done, if there are impediments to accepting Krishna consciousness?
a) One should perform severe austerities
b) One should be faithful
c) One should try to give up the results of his actions
d) None of the above
12. Which of the following comes under the indirect path of devotional service?
a) Meditation
b) Knowledge & renunciation
c) Realization of Supersoul & Brahman
d) All of these
13. Why the indirect path of devotional service is not recommended for Arjuna?
a) Because he was a statesman
b) Because he was very much disturbed by the results of the war
c) Because he is already in the stage of loving devotional service to Krishna
d) None of the above
14. A pure devotee takes the distress and disturbance as ____________________.
a) A regulative principle
b) The Lord’s mercy
c) A consciousness
d) A service
15. A devotee is pure _________________.
a) Form of the Lord
b) Inwardly
c) Outwardly
d) Both b & c
16. What is meant by saying that “a devotee is silent”?
a) He doesn’t speak anything nonsense
b) He doesn’t speak
c) He keeps his mind always fixed in the Lord
d) He doesn’t speak while mediation
17. A devotee is fixed in his ____________ & ____________.
a) Determination
b) Knowledge
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
18. How a devotee has good qualities?
a) Because of his endeavor
b) Because of his engagement in devotional service
c) Because of his qualifications
d) Because of his conditions
19. The best of all spiritual realization is ___________.
a) Yogic practice
b) Performing severe austerities
c) Devotional service
d) All of the above
20. How does one develop attachment for pure devotional service?
a) Through good association
b) Accepting a bona fide spiritual master
c) Hearing, chanting & observing regulative principles of devotional service
d) All of the above
01. What is the field of activity for the conditioned soul?
a) Capacity
b) Body
c) Heart
d) None of these
02. Are the actual field of activities and knower of the field of activities different?
a) Yes
b) No
03. What is perfect knowledge in Krishna’s opinion?
a) Perfect knowledge of the constitution of the body, soul & Supersoul
b) Understanding the soul & Supersoul as one and yet distinct
c) Understanding the nature, the enjoyer of the nature, and the Supreme controller
d) All of the above
04. Krishna being the highest in the knowledge of the field of activities, why He explains it referring to the Vedanta-sutra?
a) Because He likes it
b) Because Arjuna learned all his teachings from Vedanta-sutra
c) Because Vedanta-sutra are accepted as authority
d) All of the above
05. There are _____________ stages of Brahman realization.
a) Three
b) Ten
c) Eight
d) Five
06. Which of the following involve the fields of activities of living entities?
a) Vijnana-maya & ananda-maya
b) Anna-maya, prana-maya, jnana-maya
c) Prana-maya & jnana-maya
d) Anna-maya, prana-maya, jnana-maya & vijnana-maya
07. How many elements are there in the field of activity?
a) Five
b) Eight
c) Twenty-four
d) Thirty-two
08. Are subtle elements also included in the field of activity?
a) No
b) Yes