21. There are _______ species of life.
a) 6,400,000.
b) 8,400,000.
c) 9,400,000.
d) 10,800,000.
Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 02, Chapter 01 – The First Step in God Realization
22. What one has to do if he desires freedom from the cycle of fruitive action?
a) one should be engage himself in material ritualistic activities.
b) one should be engage himself in material sense gratification
c) one should first of all hear & glorify the lord.
d) none of them.
23. Who is the transcendental Personality of Godhead beyond the material creation?
a) Brahma.
b) Ganesha.
c) Shiva.
d) Narayana.
24. How the speculation of empiric philosophy affects on oneself?
a) Discerns matter from spirit.
b) Helps the performer to reach any planet of the universe or beyond the universe.
c) Helps one to achieve the highest perfection.
d) None of them.
26. In this text-2.1.7, who is compared to a patient?
a) Transcendentalist.
b) Sadhaka.
c) Neophyte.
d) None of them.
27. Why transcendentalists take pleasure in the discussion of the transcendental qualities of the Lord’s pastimes?
a) they realize lord Krishna by advanced experience of transcendental knowledge.
b) they realize lord Krishna by advanced experience of materialistic knowledge.
c) they feeling of being situated in lord Krishna's impersonal feature.
d) None of them.
28. Why Srimad Bhagavatam is called as brahma-sammitam?
a) Because it's describing how to please Lord Brahma, the Creator.
b) Because it's describing to merge in impersonal Brahman.
c) Because it is the sound representative of Lord Krishna.
d) Because it helps us to attach more in sense gratification.
29. Who is the sound incarnation of the Lord?
a) Srimad Bhagavatam.
b) Bhagavad-Gita.
c) Mahabharata.
d) Brahma-Sammita.
30. Why Srimad-Bhagavatam is known as the sound representative of the Lord?
a) because it was spoken by Mayavadi Philosophers to spread impersonalism.
b) because it was spoken by the incarnation of the Lord about the activities of the Lord.
c) because it was spoken by the demigods for the pleasure of Supreme Lord.
d) because it is spoken by the Supreme Lord Krishna himself.
31. How can an impersonalist is get enlightened?
a) by having lot of wealth.
b) by the grace of the Lord.
c) by associating with Mayavadi Philosophers.
d) by his good karma in past life.
32. Why Shukadeva Goswami got attracted by the delineation of the pastimes of the Lord?
a) because he was situated perfectly in the mode of ignorence.
b) because the pastimes of the lord are like imaginations.
c) because the Lord & his activities are transcendental.
d) because the pastimes of lord are impersonal to him.
25. Who is a liberated soul?
a) A Karmi.
b) A Gyani.
c) A Yogi.
d) A topmost Transcendentalist.
33. What should be requirement for advancement of spiritual knowledge?
a) personal ability and researching aptitude.
b) great intellegence.
c) full of knowledge of spiritual science.
d) the mercy of the spiritual master.
34. Who spoke Bhagavatam to Ambarish Maharaj?
a) Narada Muni.
b) Shukadeva Goswami.
c) Suta Goswami.
d) Lord Brahma.
35. What is the meaning of “Mahapurusha”?
a) One who is an incarnation of lord.
b) One who have control in material world.
c) One who is Supreme enjoyer.
d) One who has control on heavenly planets.
36. By performing which activity, Maharaja Parikshit attained salvation?
a) Remembering the Lord.
b) Worshipping the Lord.
c) Reciting pastimes of Lord.
d) Hearing the Pastimes of Lord.
37. What is the quality of devotees of lord is explained here?
a) They are after the satisfaction of the Lord, Sri Krishna.
b) They have desire to enjoy the fullest extent of material gratification.
c) They are satisfied in themselves by self-realization & thus are aloof from an illusory way of life.
d) None of them.
38. In which purana, the offeces while chanting of Holyname is mentioned?
a) Narada Purana.
b) Vishnu Purana.
c) Padma Purana.
d) Shiv Purana.
39. Which is the first offence that one should avoid while chanting the Holyname?
a) to see the holy names of the Lord in terms of worldly distinction.
b) to vilify scriptures or Vedic knowledge.
c) to neglect the orders of the authorized acharyas or spiritual masters.
d) to vilify the great devotees who have preached about the glories of the Lord.
40. Which is the sixth offence that one should avoid while chanting the Holyname?
a) to define the holy name of the Lord in terms of one's mundane calculation.
b) to interpret the holy name.
c) to commit sins intentionally on the strength of the holy name.
d) to vilify scriptures or Vedic knowledge.