01. How does an intelligent person gathers experience ?
a) By seeing
b) By atonement
c) By intelligence
d) By hearing
Nectar of Instruction, Upadesamrita
02. Can a sinful activity be counteracted by a pious activity ?
a) Yes
b) No
03. Real atonement involves _________.
a) Pious activities
b) Confession of one's sins
c) Coming to real knowledge
d) Performing some penance
04. What easy process is recommended by Srila Rupa Gosvami for controlling the mind ?
a) Following the four regulative principles
b) Engaging in the service of Lord under the direction of bonafide spiritual master
c) Both a & b
d) None of these
05. The meaning of controlled speech conveyed by Srila Rupa Gosvami advocates ______________.
a) Self-imposed silence
b) The positive process of Krsna-katha
c) Gradual Training
d) All of these
06. Anger, when utilized in the service of the Lord is _____________.
a) Controlled
b) Qualified
c) Restricted
d) Conscious
07. How the urges of the belly & tongue can be controlled ?
a) By eating palatable dishes
b) By eating in restaurants
c) By eating according to one's own choice
d) By eating only prasad
08. How can the urges of genitals be controlled ?
a) By controlling the urges of tongue
b) By controlling the urges of belly
c) By begetting Krsna conscious children
d) All of these
09. Belief in the plans based on materialistic desires are called __________.
a) Avirodha-priti
b) Virodha-yukta-krodha
c) Avirodha-yukta-priti
d) None of the above
10. Agitation by any one of the ___________ kinds of rasas, one becomes controlled by the urges of the tongue.
a) Seven
b) Six
c) Three
d) Nine
11. In whose service does “adanta-go” engage ?
a) In the service of the senses
b) In the service of the material world
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above
12. one who is the master of his __________, is called gosvami.
a) Family
b) Community
c) Society
d) Senses
01. What does the word “laulyam” in text 2 refer to ?
a) Greed
b) Rules
c) Attachment
d) Idle
02. Of the three primary energies of Supreme Personality of Godhead which among the following is the marginal energy ?
a) Bahiranga-sakti
b) Tatastha-sakti
c) Antaranga-sakti
d) All of the above
03. Under the control of which of the Lord’s potency does the jivatma display their natural, constitutional activity ?
a) Bahiranga-sakti
b) Tatastha-sakti
c) Antaranga-sakti
d) All of the above
04. Who is a mahatma ?
a) One who engages himself for the sense gratification of family
b) One who rejects personal sense gratification for the sense gratification of the society
c) One who gratifies the senses of the Supreme Lord.
d) None of the above
05. Living entities under the control of mahamaya are subjected to which of the following miseries ?
a) Adidaivika-klesa
b) Adibhautika-klesa
c) Adhyatmika-klesa
d) All of the above
06. How can be real meaning to human life given ?
A) By following the instructions of vedic literatures
b) By taking instructions from higher authorities
c) Both a & b
d) Neither a nor b
07. What does true religion instructs ?
a) To understand the laws of God
b) To avoid mundane endeavor
c) To inquire about the Absolute Truth
d) All of the above
08. What all does include “prajalpa” ?
a) To open factories, slaughterhouses & liquor shops
b) To read newspapers, magazines, watch T.V, play cards, debate on socio-political schemes
c) Activities like nationalism, humanitarianism, altruism
d) None of the above