12. What happens if a person renounces in the mode of passion?
a) He is always miserable
b) His consciousness advances
c) He never gets the result of renunciation
d) None of these
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13. An intelligent renouncer in the mode of goodness
a) Hates inauspicious work
b) Attaches to auspicious work
c) Hates anything which troubles his body
d) None of these
14. How can one renounce the fruits of action?
a) By working for Krishna
b) By not enjoying the fruitive results himself
c) By offering everything to Krishna
d) All of these
15. What are the threefold fruits of action that accrue after death for those who are not renounced?
a) Desirable, suffering and work
b) Desirable, undesirable and mixed
c) Good, prohibition and understanding
d) None of these
16. What are the causes for the accomplishment of action?
a) Body, soul and the various senses
b) Supersoul, soul, various senses, different kinds of endeavor and willpower
c) Body, soul, various senses, different kinds of endeavor and Supersoul
d) Soul, various senses, different kinds of endeavor and Supersoul
17. How that is a person in Krishna consciousness doesn’t suffer or enjoy the reactions of work?
a) Because he acts under the direction of the Supreme Lord Krishna
b) Because his every action is dependent on the supreme will, the Supreme Lord Krishna
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
18. What requires for the complete performance of both right and wrong action?
a) Five factors of action
b) The performer
c) The presence of Supersoul
d) Knowledge about the scriptures
19. Who thinks himself to be the doer?
a) One who does not see the four material causes
b) One who does not see the Supreme
c) Both a & b
d) None of thee
20. Personal activity & responsibility arises from _____________ & _____________.
a) Consciousness, work
b) False ego, godlessness
c) Thought, endeavor
d) Action, intelligence
21. What are the impetuses for daily work?
a) Knowledge
b) The object of knowledge
c) The knower
d) All of these
22. ______________ is the center of all senses, and the object is _____________ itself.
a) Knowledge, knower
b) Mind, work
c) Inspiration, process
d) None of these
23. In accordance to what, are the kinds of knowledge, action, and the performers of action divided?
a) According to the three modes of material nature
b) According to the way of life
c) According to the knowledge one receives
d) Not divided at all
24. What is the characteristic of a person possessing knowledge in the mode of goodness?
a) He is always happy
b) He is self-satisfied
c) He sees one spirit soul in every living being
d) He receives knowledge after great austerities
25. Is consciousness temporary?
a) Yes
b) No
26. The knowledge concerned with only keeping the body comfortable, is said to be in the mode of _______________.
a) Ignorance
b) Passion
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
27. The action which is performed with great effort and false ego to gratify one’s desire is said to be action in the mode of ______________.
a) Ignorance
b) Passion
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
28. The action which is performed without future considerations, is impractical and based on violence is said to be in the mode of ________________.
a) Ignorance
b) Passion
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
29. A person who is equal to both happiness and distress is in the mode of __________________, while a person who is moved by both happiness and distress is in the mode of __________________.
a) Passion, ignorance
b) Goodness, ignorance
c) Goodness, passion
d) All of the above
30. What are the characteristics of a person who works against the injunctions of scriptures?
a) He is very materialistic
b) He is not very gentle and cheats others
c) He is very lazy and appears to be morose
d) All of the above
31. What are the characteristics of men of passionate understanding?
a) They accept irreligion as religion
b) They are misguided in all views & activities
c) They always take the wrong path
d) All of the above