01. On August 21, 1965, on the Jaladuta, Srila Prabhupada observed his ____________ birthday
a) 68th
b) 69th
c) 70th
d) 71st
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02. Srila Prabhupada’s trunks of Srimad-Bhagavatam volumes were loaded on to the Jaladuta ship at ____________.
a) Cochin
b) Calcutta
c) Colombo
d) Bombay
03. Prabhupada encountered 2 heart attacks while sailing across _________________.
a) Red Sea
b) Suez Canal
c) Mediterranean Sea
d) Nile
04. Prabhupada composed ____________ prayers to the Supreme Lord on board Jaladuta
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 7
05. Prabhupada reached Boston’s Commonwealth pier after a long journey of ____________ days
a) 30
b) 32
c) 35
d) 37
06. The immigration stamped Prabhupada’s visa allowing a stay for _______________.
a) 1 month
b) 2 months
c) 3months
d) 4 months
07. On _____________, Jalduta sailed to NewYork Harbor
a) 14th Sept 1965
b) 15th Sept 1965
c) 17th Sept 1965
d) 19th Sept 1965
08. Srila Prabhupada’s sponsor Gopal Agarwal lived in ______________.
a) Boston
b) Pennsylvania
c) Philadelphia
d) New York
09. Srila Prabhupada had _______________ Rs. cash when he first arrived to America
a) 400
b) 4000
c) 40
d) 100
01. On the way to Pennsylvania, Srila Prabhupada witnessed
a) Meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication and gambling were proudly glamorized on mile after mile on bill boards of American roads
b) That American culture was based on passion for more and more sense gratification and was a scene of madness
c) People were rushing to and fro at breakneck speed for their goals of sense gratification
d) All the above
02. Sally Agarwal arranged for an interview of Srila Prabhupada at the ‘Butler Eagle’ newspaper because
a) She considered the message that Srila Prabhupada came to give was important and urgent to reach to people
b) She did not want to host Prabhupada and thought by the advertisement in newspaper, someone else would agree to host
c) She thought it was difficult to explain about Prabhupada to everyone and it would be better to let people know about him from the newspaper
d) All the above
03. The Agarwal’s had the opinion that Srila Prabhupada had come to the west to
a) Finance his books
b) To spread the message of Krishna Consciousness
c) To see the beauty of the west
d) To build Radha Krishna temple
04. When Prabhupada would see people smoking cigarettes in front of him or the Agarwal’s cooking meat, he would say/feel
a) Very agitated and frustrated
b) Very pleased
c) ‘Think nothing of it’ and would remain peaceful
d) Would abruptly leave the place
05. One of the lines in the letter of Sumati Morarji was very striking to Prabhupada which read
a) ‘Please take care of your health and never compromise anything for health’
b) ‘Whatever financial help you need in America, be assured I will fulfill it’
c) ‘Please come back to India immediately’
d) ‘I feel that you should stay there until you fully recover from your illness and return only after you have completed your mission’
06. After 1 month, Swamiji decided to leave Butler and go to ___________ to preach.
a) India
b) Pennsylvania
c) New York
d) Philadelphia
01. On arriving to New York, Prabhupada initially stayed with ______________.
a) Dr. Ramamurti Mishra
b) Paramananda Mehra
c) Ravi Shankar
d) Udai Shankar
02. Dr. Mishra’s personality was _____________.
a) Dramatic and a showy personality
b) Although a sannyasi did not wear the traditional saffron dhoti and kurta
c) He accepted the Absolute Truth in the impersonal feature
d) All the above
03. Dr.Mishra’s philosophy said
a) ‘Everything is one’ – God and humans
b) Spiritual self is not an individual
c) Supreme is only temporarily covered by illusion
d) All the above
04. When Prabhupada asked Dr.Mishra to help him in spreading Lord Chaitanya’s movement, Dr. Mishra
a) Did not reply
b) Very much agreed
c) Said he considered Prabhupada to be an incarnation of Lord Chaitanya and hence needed no help
d) Felt furious
05. When Prabhupada asked his God brother Tirtha Maharaja to help him start a centre in New York, the reply was
a) Very spontaneous and positive
b) He would send people from India to help Prabhupada
c) To send funds for opening a branch of Gaudiya Math at NewYork
d) That Gaudiya Math funds could not be used for such a proposal