32. What sort of determination is in the mode of goodness?
a) Its unbreakable
b) Its never deviated by any other activity
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
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33. Which of the following can be called as determination under the mode of darkness?
a) Determination which is desirous for fruitive results
b) Determination which makes morose
c) Determination which is desirous of economic development
d) None of the above
34. What kind of persons experiences no happiness both in the beginning and at the end?
a) Persons in the mode of goodness
b) Persons in the mode of passion
c) Persons in the mode of ignorance
d) None of these
35. Who is freed from the three modes of material nature?
a) Living beings in this material world
b) Demigods in the higher planetary systems
c) Everyone
d) No-one
36. What are the qualities of a brahmana?
a) Self-control, austerity, purity, knowledge, honesty & resourcefulness
b) Self-control, austerity, purity, knowledge, wisdom, honesty & religiousness
c) Self-control, austerity, purity, knowledge, resourcefulness, determination & honesty
d) Self-control, austerity, purity, knowledge, leadership, honesty & power
37. Knowing ourselves to be the part and parcel of the Supreme Lord what is our duty towards Lord?
a) We should thank Lord
b) We should be engaged in the service of the Lord
c) We should be aware of everything
d) None of these
38. Being engaged in any occupation and serving the Lord, can one achieve the highest perfection?
a) Yes
b) No
39. On what basis should one decide his occupational duty?
a) On one’s personal gains
b) On one’s honesty
c) On one’s mode of nature
d) On one’s determination
40. Anything done for personal ________________ is a cause of bondage.
a) Decision
b) Engagement
c) Sense-gratification
d) Sacrifice
41. What should be one’s approach towards the work one is performing born out of his nature but full of faults?
a) He should discontinue that kind of work
b) He should be determined to perform his work for the satisfaction of the Lord
c) He should take steps to purify himself
d) He should search for a uncontaminated work
42. What does real renunciation means?
a) To be austere so that one is freed from the reactions of one’s past sins
b) Not enjoying the results of his work
c) Working for the Lord to enjoy the results of his work
d) Both b & c
43. Who is elevated to the position of self-realization?
a) One who controls the tongue, body & mind, gives up objects of sense-gratification, freed from attachment and hatred
b) One who is without false ego, does not accept material things
c) One who is always in trance
d) All of the above
44. What does the word “brahma-bhutah” means?
a) Being one with the Absolute
b) Living entities
c) Living entities created by Lord Brahma
d) All transcendental
45. Why one who is transcendentally situated does attains pure devotional service?
a) Because he realizes the Supreme Brahman & is joyful
b) He neither laments or desires for anything
c) He is equal to all living beings
d) All of the above
46. How a personalist will describe himself in the ocean?
a) As the river flowing into the ocean
b) As an aquatic in the ocean
c) As a ship in the ocean
d) All of the above
47. How can one understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
a) By taking vedic knowledge under the guidance of an teacher
b) By becoming homogenous with the impersonal Brahman
c) By taking to pure devotional service under the guidance of a pure devotee
d) None of the above
48. The constitutional position of a living entity is to _________________.
a) Be learned
b) Serve the Lord
c) Be conscious
d) None of the above
49. The results of acting under the personal direction of Krishna when Krishna was present and acting under the guidance of the representative of Krishna when Krishna is not present, are the same?
a) Yes
b) No
50. What sort of duties among the following is considered in the devotional service of Krishna consciousness?
a) Acting for one’s own interests or gains
b) Working for the satisfaction of Krishna
c) Doing something whimsically & offering the result of that to Krishna
d) All of the above
51. A person not acting in Krishna consciousness loses himself in _________________.
a) The fight
b) The material whirlpool
c) The fear
d) The prescribed duties