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The Swami and Mother Worship MCQ Question Answer Set: 1
(1) Sister Nivedita was a/an:-
a. English social worker
b. Irish social worker
c. French social worker
Ans: b. Irish social worker
(2) Full name of Nivedita is:-
a. Elizabeth Noble
b. Margaret Elizabeth Noble
c. Margaret Queen Elizabeth
Ans: b. Margaret Elizabeth Noble
(3) Swami and Mother Worship” is taken from the book:-
a. The Master as She saw Him
b. The Master as We saw Him
c. The Master as I saw Him
Ans: c. The Master as I saw Him
(4) “The Swami and Mother Worship” was published in:-
a.1910
b. 1920
c. 1930
d. 1925
Ans: a.1910
(5) Who wrote the biography “The Master as I saw Him”:-
a. Swami Vivekananda
b. Swami Saradananda
c. Sri Ramkrishna paramhans
d. Sister Nivedita
Ans: d. Sister Nivedita
(6) The year when Nivedita met Vivekananda:-
a. 1895
b. 1890
c. 1898
d. 1899
Ans: a. 1895
(7) When did Nivedita come to India:-
a. 1898
b. 1890
c. 1900
d. 1902
Ans: a. 1898
(8) Swami Vivekanand passed away in:-
a. 1902
b. 1905
c. 1999
d. 1899
Ans: a. 1902
(9) What type of text is “The Master as I saw Him”:-
a. a biography
b. an autobiography
c. a poem
d. an essay
Ans: a. a biography
(10) Double consciousness contains:-
a. Abstract and Philosophical Consciousness
b. Abstract and Economical Consciousness
c. Abstract and Geographical Consciousness
Ans: a. Abstract and Philosophical Consciousness
(11) Abstract means:-
a. Shapeless
b. With shape
c. Visible
Ans: a. Shapeless
(12) “Brahman” means:-
a. The ultimate reality and the unity of of all existence
b. The limited existence
c. The God Brahma
d. The universe
Ans: a. The ultimate reality and the unity of of all existence
(13) Divine Mother is:-
a. Mother of Vivekananda
b. Ma Kali
c. Sister Nivedita
d. The Truth
Ans: b. Ma Kali
(14) “Brahmajnani” means:-
a. The highest knowledge or knowledge of Brahmh
b. The Highest strength of God
c. The highest existence of God
Ans: a. The highest knowledge or knowledge of Brahmh
(15) Samadhi refers to:-
a. Deep meditation
b. Highest level of meditation
c. Just a ordinary type of meditation
Ans: b. Highest level of meditation
(16) Advaita philosophy believes in:-
a. Non dualism
b. Dualism
c. Existence of God
Ans: a. Non dualism
(17) Who made this Advaita philosophy?
a. Adi Sankara
b. Swami Vivekanand
C. Sister Nivedita
Ans: a. Adi Sankara
(18) Worship of the Mother refers to:-
a. Worship of Swamiji’s own mother
b. Worship of ma Kali
c. Worship of Sri Ramkrishna
Ans: b. Worship of ma Kali
(19) Who is called in this essay “the brahmajnani”?
a. Swami Vivekanand
b. Swami Saradananda
C. Sri Ramkrishna paramhans
Ans: a. Swami Vivekanand
(20) From which age Swami Vivekanand started entering samadhi?
a. 5 years
b. 7 years
c. 8 years
Ans: c. 8 years
The Swami and Mother Worship MCQ Question Answer WBCHSE Class 11 English First Semester
(21) The religious idea towards which Swamiji Was attracted was:-
a. Abstract
b. Idolatrous
C. God is everything
Ans: a. Abstract
(22) Idolatrous means:-
a. Idol worship
b.Formless.
c. Unreal
d. Unbodied
Ans: a. Idol worship
(23) Swami Vivekanand was deeply influenced by:-
a. Swami Saradananda
b. Sri Ramkrishna
c. Godess Kali
Ans: b. Sri Ramkrishna
(24) In his youth Swami Vivekanand
was the member of:-
a. Sadharon Brahmo somaj
b. Political party
c. Social reforming instructions
Ans: a. Sadharon Brahmo somaj
(25) Swami Vivekananda’s only imperative was:-
a Brahman
b. Social reformation
c. Freedom of India
Ans: a Brahman
(26) Swami Vivekananda’s only system of doctorine was:-
a. Gita
b. Bible
c. Koran
d. Vedas and Upanishads
Ans: d. Vedas and Upanishads
(27) Which words / word was always on his lips:-
a. Mother
b. Kali
c. Sri Ramkrishna
Ans: b. Kali
(28) “I worship the terrible” – here the speaker is:-
a. Vivekananda
b. Sri Ramkrishna
c. Sister Nivedita
Ans: a. Vivekananda
(29) Who is called the Terror?
a. Ma Kali
b. Destiny
c. Brahman
Ans: a. Ma Kali
(30) “Why not a little blood to complete the picture?”
Here the speaker is:-
a. Swami Vivekananda
b. Sri Ramkrishna
c. Sister Nivedita
Ans: a. Swami Vivekananda
(31) Offering animals to God called:-
a. God worship
b. Demon worship
c. No worship
Ans: b. Demon worship
(32) Hindu calls such worship merely
a. Worshipping
b. Shop keeping
c. Traveling
Ans: b. Shop keeping
(33) Swami Vivekananda said “to seek death not __
a. Life
b. Ma Kali
c. Truth
Ans: a. Life
(34) “Express it in your own way” who said this to whom?
a. Vivekananda to Nivedita
b. Sri Ramkrishna to Vivekananda
c. Saradananda to Nivedita
Ans: a. Vivekananda to Nivedita
(35) “Who is called the “born educator ” by Sister Nivedita?
a Vivekananda
b. Sri Ramkrishna
c. Saradananda
Ans: a Vivekananda
(36) With whom Vivekananda and Nivedita were going to meet at Jorasanko?
a. Rabindranath
b. Devendranath
c. Sri Ramkrishna
Ans: b. Devendranath
(37) “We must speak to a man in his own language” Who said this?
a. Vivekananda
b. Nibedita
c. Ramkrishna
Ans: b. Nibedita
(38) Who was the only man who had the courage to say “We must speak to a man in his own language”?
a. Ramkrishna
b. Vivekananda
c. Saradananda
Ans: a. Ramkrishna
(39) The name of the Colonel Hay’s poem is:-
a. Guardian Angels
b. Guardian Gods
c. Guardian Kings
Ans: a. Guardian Angels
(40) That is precisely my position about Brahman and the Gods” said by:-
a. Nivedita
b. Vivekananda
c. Ramkrishna
d. Saradananda
Ans: b. Vivekananda
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(41) “How I used to hate Kali, and all her ways” said by:-
a. Swamiji
b. Nibedita
c. Ramkrishna
Ans: a. Swamiji
(42) “That was the ground of my That I would not accept her.” years fight,
a. Five
b. Four
c. Six
Ans: c. Six
(43) Who dedicated Swamiji to Kali?
a. Ramkrishna paramhans
b. Swami Saradananda
c. Swami Vivekananda’s parents
Ans: a. Ramkrishna paramhans
(44) “I saw his marvellous Purity” whose purity is referred to here?
a. Vivekananda
b. Ramkrishna
C. Nivedita
Ans: b. Ramkrishna
(45) “I thought him a brain sick baby” who is called brain sick baby?
a. Swami Vivekanand
b. Ramkrishna
c. Swami Saradananda
Ans: b. Ramkrishna
(46) “And then I too had to accept her” The speaker is:-
a. Swami Vivekanand
b. Ramkrishna
c. Nibedita
Ans: a. Swami Vivekanand
(47) “No the thing that made me do it is a secret that Will die with me” here the secret is:-
a. How Swami Vivekananda accept Kali
b. How Swami Vivekanand accepted his guru Ramkrishna
c. How Nivedita accepted Swamiji as her guru
Ans: a. How Swami Vivekananda accept Kali
(48) Guru Nanak was:-
a. The first guru of Sikhism
b. The first guru of Hinduism
c. The first guru of Islam
Ans: a. The first guru of Sikhism
(49) Who is an incarnation of Kali?
a. Swami Vivekanand
b. Ramkrishna paramhans
c. None of the above
Ans: b. Ramkrishna paramhans
(50) “He who came as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwells here” speaker is :-
a. Sri Ramkrishna
b. Swami Vivekanand
c. Goddess Kali
Ans: a. Sri Ramkrishna
(51) “But not in your Vedanta sense, Noren” here the speaker is:-
a. Ramkrishna
b. Kali
c. Sarada Devi
Ans: a. Ramkrishna
(52) The impersonal God, seen through the mists of Sense, is personal” here the speaker is:-
a. Vivekananda
b. Ramkrishna paramhans
c. Swami Saradananda
Ans: a. Vivekananda
(53) Which is referred to as ‘book of experience’?
a. Swamiji
b. Ramkrishna
c. Ma Kali
Ans: c. Ma Kali
(54) “Not, verily, by avoiding action, can a man rise to this inaction” it is written in:-
a. Veda and Gita
b. Bible and Koran
c. None of the above
Ans: a. Veda and Gita
The Swami and Mother Worship MCQ Question Answer WB Board Class 11 English First Semester Set: 2
(1) What were the two elements in the Swami’s consciousness?
a) Devotion and discipline
b) Wisdom and compassion
c) Brahmajnani and worship of the Mother
d) Knowledge and power
Answer: c) Brahmajnani and worship of the Mother
(2) At what age did the Swami develop the power of entering Samadhi?
a) Six
b) Eight
c) Ten
d) Twelve
Answer: b) Eight
(3) Which philosophical system did the Swami adhere to?
a) Dvaita
b) Vishishtadvaita
c) Advaita
d) Bhakti
Answer: c) Advaita
(4) What scriptural authority did the Swami rely on?
a) Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata
b) Vedas and Upanishads
c) Bible and Quran
d) Torah and Talmud
Answer: b) Vedas and Upanishads
(5) How did the Swami refer to the divine in his teachings in England and America?
a) The Almighty Father
b) The Great Spirit
c) The Mother
d) Brahman
Answer: d) Brahman
(6) What was the Swami’s reaction to misfortune or fortune in his life?
a) He attributed it to destiny
b) He attributed it to karma
c) He attributed it to the Mother
d) He attributed it to luck
Answer: c) He attributed it to the Mother
(7) On a certain solemn occasion, what did the Swami ask a disciple to do with a prayer?
a) Recite it daily
b) Share it with others
c) Make the Mother listen to it
d) Keep it secret
Answer: c) Make the Mother listen to it
(8) How did the Swami describe the Mother during his intense feelings?
a) Gentle and kind
b) Stern and just
c) Terrible and powerful
d) Compassionate and merciful
Answer: c) Terrible and powerful
(9) What item is the Mother depicted holding in her left hand?
a) A lotus flower
b) A sword
c) A book
d) A shield
Answer: b) A sword
(10) What phrase indicates the Swami’s intense reverence for the Mother?
a) “Her love is endless.”
b) “Her curse is blessing!”
c) “Her wisdom is infinite.”
d) “Her grace is boundless.”
Answer: b) “Her curse is blessing!”
(11) What did the Swami frequently exclaim in his worship?
a) “I seek peace!”
b) “I worship the Terrible!”
c) “I embrace love!”
d) “I follow the light!”
Answer: b) “I worship the Terrible!”
(12) According to the Swami, what is a mistaken belief about human motivation?
a) All men seek knowledge
b) All men seek power
c) All men seek pleasure
d) All men seek love
Answer: c) All men seek pleasure
(13) What did the Swami believe many people are born to seek?
a) Power
b) Wealth
c) Pain
d) Enlightenment
Answer: c) Pain
(14) What does the Swami’s reverence for the Mother signify about his spiritual practice?
a) It is dualistic
b) It is strictly non-dualistic
c) It blends non-dualism with devotion
d) It is purely abstract
Answer: c) It blends non-dualism with devotion
(15) What membership did the Swami hold in his youth?
a) Arya Samaj
b) Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
c) Ramakrishna Mission
d) International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Answer: b) Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
(16) How did the Swami view the Advaita philosophy?
a) As one of many systems
b) As his only system of doctrine
c) As outdated
d) As supplementary
Answer: b) As his only system of doctrine
(17) What did the Swami often break out with during his moments of intensity?
a) Prayers
b) Hymns
c) Descriptions of the Mother
d) Philosophical discourses
Answer: c) Descriptions of the Mother
(18) Which of the following best captures the Swami’s approach to preaching in the West?
a) Focus on ritual practices
b) Emphasis on specific forms of worship
c) Universal realization of Brahman
d) Promotion of Hindu nationalism
Answer: c) Universal realization of Brahman
(19) What is implied by the phrase “Her curse is blessing” in the Swami’s view?
a) Suffering is unnecessary
b) Misfortune can be transformative
c) Blessings are rare
d) Curses should be feared
Answer: b) Misfortune can be transformative
(20) What literary form did the Swami inspire in the author?
a) A novel
b) A short story
c) A psalm
d) An essay
Answer: c) A psalm
(21) The Swami’s command “make Her listen to you” suggests what about his attitude toward the Mother?
a) Passive reverence
b) Demanding devotion
c) Indifferent worship
d) Fearful respect
Answer: b) Demanding devotion
(22) In what way did the Swami’s teachings integrate the concept of the Mother?
a) As a minor aspect
b) As an occasional reference
c) As a central theme in his life
d) As a peripheral idea
Answer: c) As a central theme in his life
(23) What does the Swami’s view on pleasure and pain suggest about his philosophical outlook?
a) Hedonistic
b) Materialistic
c) Ascetic
d) Dualistic
Answer: c) Ascetic
(24) The Swami’s ability to enter Samadhi at a young age indicates what about his spiritual nature?
a) He was an ordinary child
b) He was intellectually gifted
c) He was spiritually advanced
d) He was influenced by his peers
Answer: c) He was spiritually advanced
(25) How did the Swami’s early membership in the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj influence his later teachings?
a) It made him reject all forms of ritual
b) It led him to incorporate Brahmo teachings into his philosophy
c) It shaped his emphasis on abstract and philosophical religious ideas
d) It caused him to oppose the worship of the Mother
Answer: c) It shaped his emphasis on abstract and philosophical religious ideas
WBCHSE Class 11 English First Semester The Swami and Mother Worship MCQ Question Answer Set: 3
(1) What duality is described in the Swami’s consciousness?
A) Brahmajnani and Samadhi
B) Brahmajnani and Bhakti
C) Brahmajnani and Mother worship
D) Brahmajnani and Idolatry
Answer: C
(2) At what age did the Swami develop the power of entering Samadhi?
A) Ten years old
B) Twelve years old
C) Six years old
D) Eight years old
Answer: D
(3) Which spiritual group did the Swami formally join in his youth?
A) Ramakrishna Mission
B) Theosophical Society
C) Arya Samaj
D) Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
Answer: D
(4) In which countries was the Swami known to preach a universal realization of Brahman?
A) America and India
B) England and America
C) India and England
D) England and Germany
Answer: B
(5) What was constantly on the Swami’s lips in India?
A) The mantra “Om”
B) The name “Kali”
C) The word “Mother”
D) The name of Ramakrishna
Answer: C
(6) What did the Swami instruct a disciple to do while praying to the Mother?
A) Fast for a day before praying
B) Use a specific mantra
C) Be humble and submissive
D) Make Her listen
Answer: D
(7) What does the Swami describe as being raised in blessing in one of his descriptions?
A) The Mother’s left hand
B) The Mother’s sword
C) The Mother’s trident
D) The Mother’s right hand
Answer: D
(8) How did the Swami react to the notion of animal sacrifice in the temple?
A) With indifference
B) With approval
C) With detailed arguments
D) With contempt
Answer: D
(9) What phrase did the Swami use to describe the acceptance of pain?
A) Worshipping the Merciful
B) Embracing the Terrible
C) Seeking life
D) Worshipping the Terror
Answer: D
(10) What did the Swami consider as the true attitude towards God?
A) Avoiding pain and suffering
B) Seeking mercy and comfort
C) Worshipping only in times of joy
D) Embracing the terrible and the divine equally
Answer: D
(11) How did the Swami view his role in guiding his disciples?
A) Avoiding religious discussions
B) Allowing freedom of thought
C) Enforcing strict rules
D) Imposing his beliefs
Answer: B
(12) What was the Swami’s reaction when asked about Kali being the Vision of Siva?
A) He told the disciple to express it in their own way
B) He denied it
C) He explained it in detail
D) He agreed enthusiastically
Answer: A
(13) What realization did the Swami support about speaking to people in their own language?
A) It was essential for true understanding
B) It was a waste of time
C) It was only necessary for new disciples
D) It was taught by every spiritual leader
Answer: A
(14) What did the Swami insist on for foreign friends attending a lecture at Kalighat?
A) They could sit on chairs
B) They should not attend
C) They should bring gifts
D) They should follow local customs
Answer: D
(15) How did the Swami reconcile the worship of Kali with the highest Vedantic theory of Brahman?
A) By emphasizing the worship of idols
B) By rejecting one in favor of the other
C) By seeing both as ultimately the same
D) By focusing solely on Brahman
Answer: C
(16) What did the Swami describe as a secret that would die with him?
A) His spiritual practices
B) The reason he accepted Kali
C) His method of meditation
D) His relationship with Ramakrishna
Answer: B
(17) What comparison did the Swami make regarding Ramakrishna’s dedication to Kali?
A) A slave of Her
B) A loyal servant
C) A brain-sick baby
D) A rebellious disciple
Answer: A
(18) What did the Swami believe about a great Power called Kali?
A) It was non-existent
B) It was real and feminine
C) It was merely symbolic
D) It was a myth
Answer: B
(19) What was the Swami’s view on the multitude of cells in the body?
A) They are irrelevant to spirituality
B) They contribute to the personality
C) They make up the soul
D) They are separate from consciousness
Answer: B
(20) What did the Swami compare to the many brain-centers?
A) The simplicity of the mind
B) The various gods
C) The different forms of Kali
D) The complexity of Brahman
Answer: D
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(21) What did the Swami say about the gods seen by bhaktas?
A) They are forms seen in visions
B) They are figments of imagination
C) They are mere symbols
D) They are scientific phenomena
Answer: A
(22) What did Sri Ramakrishna claim about the soul within him?
A) It was the same as that of Rama, Krishna, and Jesus
B) It was identical to Brahman
C) It had no past experience
D) It was separate from all deities
Answer: A
(23) What did the Swami emphasize about the personal God and the impersonal God?
A) The personal God is a lower form
B) They are completely separate
C) The impersonal God is higher
D) The impersonal God appears personal through sense
Answer: D
(24) What did the Swami suggest was necessary to reach realization?
A) Experiencing life fully
B) Rejecting materialism
C) Avoiding action
D) Embracing only good
Answer: A
(25) What did the Swami believe would mark the future of Indian worship?
A) The abandonment of Kali worship
B) The merging of all gods into one
C) The continuation of traditional practices
D) The worship of Kali as the Mother
Answer: D
(26) What did the Swami suggest about each man’s life?
A) It was predestined
B) It was a struggle
C) It was insignificant
D) It was a series of dreams
Answer: D
(27) What did the Swami say about the final realization?
A) It is found in material success
B) It is achieved through renunciation
C) It is that all life is but a dream
D) It is unattainable
Answer: C
(28) How did the Swami describe his own spiritual struggle?
A) Effortless acceptance
B) Filled with constant joy
C) A fight against accepting Kali
D) Easy and straightforward
Answer: C
(29) What did the Swami believe about the relationship between the Mother and Brahman?
A) They are completely separate
B) They are the same
C) One must melt into the other
D) They do not exist
Answer: C
(30) What did the Swami believe about the necessity of experience for realization?
A) It hinders spiritual growth
B) It is essential
C) It should be avoided
D) It is unnecessary
Answer: B
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