Our Motherland (Views of Swami Vivekananda): Multiple Choice Questions with Answers

Hareshwar Roy,


01. Swami Vivekananda is proud of being born in India because of:
a. Her spirituality and wisdom
b. Her holy rivers
c. Her high mountains
d. Her semi-naked sages
Answer: a. Her spirituality and wisdom
02. According to Vivekananda, It is India that can lay claim to be the blessed:
a. Punya bhumi
b. Paap bhumi
c. Prem bhumi
d. Garva bhumi
Answer: a. Punya bhumi
03. According to Vivekananda, India is the land of introspection and of:
a. Rivers
b. Mountains
c. Plains
d. Spirituality
Answer: d. Spirituality
04. According to Vivekananda, India is the ancient land where wisdom made its home before:
a. It went into any other country
b. It went to Europe
c. It went to America
d. It went to Africa
Answer: a. It went into any other country
05. According to Swami Vivekananda, the highest ideals of religion and philosophy have attained their culminating points in:
a. Burma
b. Nepal
c. India
d. China
Answer: c. India
06. According to Swami Vivekananda, India is a land of:
a. Rivers and animals
b. Mountains and forests
c. Religion and philosophy
d. Temples and priests
Answer: c. Religion and philosophy
07. According to Swami Vivekananda, India is the birthplace of:
a. Spiritual giants
b. Great men
c. Great women
d. Great persons
Answer: a. Spiritual giants
08. According to Swami Vivekananda, India is the land of:
a. Philosophy and spirituality
b. Ethics and sweetness
c. Greatness and love
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above
09. According to Swami Vivekananda, from times immemorial India has been the mine of:
a. Attractive temples
b. Precious ideas
c. Great persons
d. High mountains
Answer: b. Precious ideas
10. According to Swami Vivekananda, the Indian nation cannot be:
a. Broken
b. Killed
c. Beaten
d. None
Answer: b. Killed
11. ‘Na dhanena na prajaya tyagenaike amritatwamanashuh’. It is the statement of:
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Dayanand Sarswati
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Swami Sahajananda
Answer: c. Swami Vivekananda
12. According to Swami Vivekananda, the one great cause of the downfall and degeneration of India was the building of a wall of:
a. Religion
b. Thinking
c. Ideas
d. Custom
Answer: d. Custom
13. Swami Vivekananda says that no man, no nation can:
a. Hate others and live
b. Love others and live
c. Abuse others and live
d. None
Answer: a. Hate others and live
14. According to Swami Vivekananda, it is the Lord who protects His children in the depths of:
a. The ditch
b. The river
c. The sea
d. None
Answer: c. The sea
15. In the opinion of Vivekananda, India is not just a country but a:
a. Land of diverse cultures and traditions
b. Land of great historical significance
c. Land of spirituality and enlightenment
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above
16. According to Swami Vivekananda the special mission of India is to:
a. Be powerful
b. Spread its cultural heritage
c. Gain political dominance
d. Achieve economic height
Answer: b. Spread its cultural heritage
17. Swami Vivekananda considers India as the land of:
a. Cradle of civilization
b. Wisdom and knowledge
c. Philosophy
d. Spirituality
Answer: d. All of the above
18. Swami Vivekananda suggests Indians to:
a. Love and promote their cultural identity
b. Hate Western values and lifestyle
c. Ignore their traditional customs and beliefs
d. None
Answer: a. Love and promote their cultural identity
19. According to Swami Vivekananda the real strength of India lies in its:
a. Natural beauty
b. Natural resources
c. Spirituality and moral values
d. Technological development
Answer: c. Spirituality and moral values
20. Swami Vivekananda believes that the revival of spiritual heritage and values is the need of:
a. Today’s India
b. Today’s Asia
c. Today’s Europe
d. None
Answer: a. Today’s India
Location: B-37, City Homes Colony, Jawahar Nagar Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Currently Dr. Roy is working as Professor of English at Govt. P.G. College Satna, Madhya Pradesh. He is the author of the following books: (1) Diasporic Articulation in the Novels of M.G. Vassanji (2) A Study of M.G. Vassanji 's Novels (3) Varieties of Indianity in the Works of M.G. Vassanji & Rohinton Mistry (4)Diaspora & Indian Diaspora: A Brief Study (5) Short Notes of English Literature - I (6) Short Notes of English Literature - II (7) हमार पहचान ह भोजपुरी - भोजपुरी कविता संकलन (8) हमरा प्यार हो गइल - भोजपुरी गज़ल संकलन (9) भोजपुरी कविताएँ

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