The Swami and Mother Worship,Short Questions & Answers of The Swami and Mother Worship

Short Questions & Answers of The Swami and Mother Worship 

The Swami and Mother Worship  

👉 Sister Nivedita 

Short Questions & Answers of The Swami and Mother Worship 

By PKG SIR-👉


1.Who wrote 'The Swami and mother Worship'?

Ans: Sister Nivedita 

2.The type of text 'The Swami and mother Worship' is  a 

a)tribute to Swami Vivekananda

3.The text 'The Swami and Mother Worship' is taken from -

a)The Master as I saw him 

4.The text 'The Swami and Mother Worship' deals with the life of 

a)Swami Vivekananda

5.Swami's life would be singularly incomplete if it contained no mention of his---

a)worship of the Mother 

6.The narrator always felt that there were _____elements in Swami's consciousness.

a)two

7.Swami Vivekananda was born a ---

a)Brahmajnani 

8.What did Ramakrishna frequently say?

a) Swami Vivekananda was born a 

Brahmajnani.

9.Swami Vivekananda had developed the power of --- a) entering Samadhi

10. What is Samadhi?/ What does the phrase 'Samadhi 'mean?

Ans : The phrase 'Samadhi' means a state of oneness, complete absorption.

(Samadhi is a state of meditative consciousness.)

11.Swamiji became the formal member of-- Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.

12.In England and America Swamiji was never known to ---- preach

13.Swamij's only imperative was ---the realization of Brahman.

14.Swamij's only system of doctrine was--- the Advaita Philosophy 

15.Swamij's sole scriptural authority was ----the Vedas and Upanishads.

16.In India the word _______ was forever on Swamij's lips.

Ans: Mother

17.Swamji was constantly preoccupied with----- Mother.

18.Like other children,Swamiji was not always ---good.

19.Sometimes Swamiji would be -----naughty and rebellious.

20.Swamiji taught a disciple---a prayer.

21.'And Mind '--the speaker is Swamiji.

22."Her curse is blessing "- Which God is referred to here?

MAA KALI

23.Mother's right hand raised in ----blessing 

24.Mother's left hand held ---the sword.

25.Would be the sudden exclamation that ended a long ------ reverie.

26.It is a mistake to hold that with all men pleasure is the ----motive.

27.Quite as many are born to seek after---pain.

28.Swamiji had a whole hearted contempt for---- squeamishness or mawkishness 

29.Swamiji wasted few words on ----Nibedita

30.Swamiji entrusted to a disciple a prayer to Her, on a-

(A) critical occasion

(B) solemn occasion

(C) familiar occasion

(D) mysterious occasion

Ans:(B) solemn occasion

31.The prayer which Swami Vivekananda entrusted to a disciple on a solemn occasion, had-

(A) the motive of pleasing men

(B) intellectual difficulty

(C) acted as a veritable charm

(D) inconsistency with the idea of freedom

Ans: (C) acted as a veritable charm

32.Swami Vivekananda would become good or naughty or rebellious, but always to-

(A) Maa Sarada

(B) Sister Nivedita

(C) Kali the Mother

(D) Rani Rashmoni

Ans: (C) Kali the Mother

33. Swami Vivekananda spoke of 'Her', as we spoke of-

(A) one deeply familiar

(B) one in Terror

(C) all men in their own language

(D) one who cannot stand for dignity

Ans:(A) one deeply familiar

34. Swami Vivekananda was always preoccupied with-

(A) Sister Nivedita

(B) Sri Ramakrishna

(C) Kali the Mother

(D) Belur Math

Ans: (C) Kali the Mother

35.Swamiji attributed all the good or evil that befell to-

(A) Kali the Mother

(B) Advaita philosophy

(C) Ramakrishna

D) none of these

Ans: D) none of these

36. "And mind! make... Her listen to you..."-Who is the speaker?

(A) Kali the Mother

(B) Sister Nivedita

(C) Swami Vivekananda

(D) Sri Ramakrishna

Ans:(C) Swami Vivekananda


37. "And mind! make... Her listen to you..." -This was spoken to-

(a) Swami Vivekananda

(b) Kali the Mother 

(c) Sister Nivedita 

(d) a disciple

Ans: (d) a disciple

38. Swamiji would break out with some new fragment of description about his mother-

(A) on solemn occasion

(B) while worshipping mother

(C) in England and America

(D) every now and then

Ans:(D) every now and then

39. The sudden exclamation-'Her curse is blessing' would end-

(A) a veritable charm

(B) a long reverie

(C) a struggling thought

(D) the idea of freedom of Kali."

Ans: b)) a long reverie

40. "Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, flashes _____of  Kali .

(A) blessing

(B) flower garland

(C) the blood-red knife

(D) prayer

Ans:C) the blood-red knife

41. 'Voice of the Mother' is a certain short-

(A) anthem

(B) story

(C) song

(D) psalm

Ans (D) psalm

42. 'Voice of the Mother' was written and published by-

(A) Sister Nivedita

(B) Sri Ramakrishna

(C) Swami Vivekananda

(D) Swami Saradananda

Ans :(A) Sister Nivedita

42. Psalm is-

(A) a group of worshippers

(B) a weapon in the left hand of Maa Kali

(C) a sacred song or poem

(D) a philosophy on worshipping

Ans:(C) a sacred song or poem

43.Once Nivedita went to Swamiji with her difficulties about-

(A) spirituality

(B) worshipping of Mother 

(C) blood-red knife of Kali 

(D) animal sacrifice in the temple

Ans:(D) animal sacrifice in the temple

44.When Sister Nivedita came to Swamiji with her difficulties about animal sacrifice in the temple, he-

(A) offered no argument

(B) made no reference

(C)wasted few words

(D) all of these

Ans:(D) all of these

45.When Sister Nivedita came to Swamiji with her objections about animal sacrifice he directly replied?

(A) That is precisely my position about Brahman and gods!

(B) Why not a little blood, to complete the picture?

(C) Her curse is blessing 

(D) Make Her listen to you

Ans:(B) Why not a little blood, to complete the picture?

46. With all men pleasure is not the motive. Quite as many are born to seek after- 

(A) terror 

(B) happiness

(C) pain

(D) blessing

Ans: (C) pain

47. Swami Vivekananda invites us to worship the 'Terror'for-

(A) its own sake

(B) a veritable charm

(C) becoming a member of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj

(D) all men's pleasure

Ans: (A) its own sake

48. Sister Nivedita came to know about the actual facts of the more austere side of Kali worship from-

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

(C) Swami Vivekananda and a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna

(D) a disciple of Swami Vivekananda

Ans: (C) Swami Vivekananda and a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna

49. Sister Nivedita elicited from Swami Vivekananda the actual facts of the more austere side of Kali-worship which had transcended-

elicited : āĻœāĻ¨্āĻŽ, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ¸িāĻĻ্āĻ§াāĻ¨্āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻŸাāĻ¨িā§Ÿা āĻŦাāĻšিāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻŦাāĻšিāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°া

(A) the borders of England and America

(B) with all men pleasure

(C) deep into the heart of hearts of Her own

(D) the sacrifice of others

Ans: (D) the sacrifice of others

50. Why not a little________,to complete the picture?

(A) sacrifice

(B) prayer

(C) blood

(D) flower

Ans :(C) blood


51.Swamiji never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to Kali


(A) priests

(B) demons who attend on Kali

(C) disciple

(D) butcher of the slaughter house

Ans :(B) demons who attend on Kali


52. Swamiji's own effort was constantly to banish fear and weakness from-


(A) The Mother 

(B) the fools

(C) his own consciousness

(D) the demons who attend on Kali

Ans:(C) his own consciousness


53.According to Swamiji blood offering commonly made to "demons who attend on Kali" was-


(A) worship of the Terrible 


(B) simple devil-worship


(C) mawkishness


(D) becoming one with the

Ans: (B) simple devil-worship

54.Swamiji learnt to recognise  ________ as instinctively in evil, terror, sorrow and annihilation.


(A) devil-worship 


(B) spirituality


(C) kind God


(D) the Mother/ THE MOTHER 


Ans: D) the Mother/ THE MOTHER 


55. "He had no place for it" Here 'he' refers to-


(A) the astrologer


(B) Sri Ramakrishna


(C) Swami Vivekananda


(D) cringing to Mother 

Ans :(C) Swami Vivekananda

56. "He had no place for it"-Here 'It' refers to-

(A) devil-worship

(B) the stranger

(C) idolatrous

(D) squeamishness


Ans-(A) devil-worship


57. Swami Vivekananda's own effort in learning to recognise the 'Mother' as instinctively in-


(A) joy, evil, terror, sorrow and annihilation


(B) a special form


(C) the short psalm called the 'Voice of the Mother'


(D) Terror only

Ans: A) joy, evil, terror, sorrow and annihilation


58. Swami Vivekanda could not tolerate-

(A) Advaita philosophy

(B) any sort of watering-down of the great conception

(C) the worship of Terror for its own sake

(D) a little blood, to complete the picture


Ans: (B) any sort of watering-down of the great conception


59. "Fools!" he exclaimed once, -as he dwelt in quiet talk on-


(A) "the worship of the Kali"

(B) "the worship of the Fools"

(C) "the worship of the Demons"

(D) "the worship of the Terrible"


Ans: (D) "the worship of the Terrible

60. "They put a garland of flowers round Thy neck."-Here 'Thy' refers to-


(A) Fools

(B) the Terrible

(C) Demons

(D) Kali

Ans: (D) Kali


61. They call Thee 'the Merciful!'. The phrase 'the Merciful' refers to-

(A) Kali the Mother

(B) Demon

(C) Ramakrishna

(D) Kind god

Ans:(A) Kali the Mother


62. According to Swami Vivekananda, the underlying egoism of worship is devoted to the-

(A) consoling divinity

(B) providence

(C) kind God

(D) all of these

Ans: (D) all of these


63. "God manifests through evil as well as through

(A) fools

(B) good

(C) merciful

(D) demons

Ans:B) good


64.What was the stern words of Swami Vivekananda?


(A) To seek death not life

(B) To seek death after life

(C) To seek life not death

(D) To seek life after death

Ans: A) To seek death not life

65.What was altogether inconsistent with the Swami's idea of freedom?

(A) To become one with the terrible

(B) To seek death not life

(C) To impose his own conceptions on a disciple

(D) Animal sacrifice in the temple

Ans:C) To impose his own conceptions on a disciple

66. According to Swami Vivekananda, to become one with the Terrible forever, one has to-

(A) put garland of flowers around Maa Kali's neck

(B) make animal sacrifice

(C) hurl oneself upon the sword's point

(D) make her listen to you

Ans: (C) hurl oneself upon the sword's point

67. In the stern words of Swami Vivekananda, to become one with the Terrible forever, one has to-

(A) put a garland of flowers around Maa Kali's neck

(B) seek death not life

(C) make animal sacrifice

(D) make Her lister to you

Ans (B) seek death not life


68. What was the author's memory associated with the pilgrimage to Amarnath?\

(A) self realisation

(B) freedom of spirit

(C) divine consciousness

(D) personal perplexity

Ans :(D) personal perplexity

69. Sister Nivedita had the memory, not to be forgotten of the pilgrimage to-

(A) Badrinath

(B) Kedarnath

(C) Amarnath

(D) Tunganath

Ans :(C) Amarnath

70. What helped Sister Nivedita in taking on the Indian conscience?

Ans:(A) Her past experience as an educationist

71. Sister Nivedita set herself to enter into-

(A) Devil-worship

(B) Terror-worship

(C) Kali-worship

(D) Idol-worship

Ans :(C) Kali-worship

72. Sister Nivedita entered into Kali worship as-

(A) a disciple

(B) becoming one with the Terrible

(C) one would set oneself to learn a new language

(D) to hurt oneself upon the sword's point

Ans :(C) one would set oneself to learn a new language


73 Sister Nivedita entered into Kali worship as-

(A) a disciple

(B) one takes birth intentionally

(C) becoming one with the Terrible\

(D) to hurl oneself upon the sword's point

Ans :(B) one takes birth intentionally

74. "I was able to understand as much as I did of our Master's life and thought"-Here 'our Master' refers to

(A) Kali the Mother

(B) Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore

(C) Swami Vivekananda

(D) Sri Ramakrishna

Ans :(C) Swami Vivekananda

75. How did the author understand her Master's life and thought?

(A) Spontaneously

(B) Very quickl

(C) Couldn't comprehend at all

(D) Step by step

Ans:(D) Step by step

76. In religious matter he was without knowing it-

(A) a worshipper

(B) a born educator

(C) a philosopher

(D) a fool

Ans (B) a born educator

77. According to Sister Nivedita, Swamiji was a born educator in the matters of-

(A) teaching

(B) worshipping

(C) sacrifice

(D) religious

Ans :(D) religious

78. Swami Vivekananda never checked-

(A) a struggling thought

(B) the blood-offering to demons

(C) idol worship

(D) his own consciousness

Ans :(A) a struggling thought

79. According to the author, Kali is perhaps the vision of-

(A) Brahma

(B) Siva

(C) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

(D) Krishna

Ans :(B) Siva

80. Swamiji went to visit Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore with-

(A) Sister Nivedita

(B) one of his disciple

(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore

(D) Ramakrishna

Ans :(A) Sister Nivedita

81. Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore lived in the seclusion of his home in-

(A) Jorasanko

(B) Santiniketan

(C) Sriniketan

(D) Mungpoo

Ans :(A) Jorasanko

82. Before visiting Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda asked Sister Nivedita about-

(A) a death scene

(B) a scene of sacrifice in temple

(C) her feelings about Maa Kali

(D) her past experience

Ans :(A) a death scene

83. What was the sudden realisation that came to Sister Nivedita?

(A) God manifests through evil

(B) Religions were only languages

(C) God manifests through good

(D) Kali is the Vision of Siva

Ans :(B) Religions were only languages

84. "Religions were only languages" -This was the sudden realisation of-

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) Sri Ramakrishna

(C) Sister Nivedita\

(D) Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore

Ans :(C) Sister Nivedita

85. "We must speak to a man in his own language"-This was the sudden realisation of-

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) Sister Nivedita

(C) Sri Ramakrishna

(D) Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore

Ans (B) Sister Nivedita

86. Who was the only person to say that we must speak to all men in their own language?

(a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

(b) Sister Nivedita

(c) Swami Vivekananda

(d) Maa Sarada

Ans :(a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

87. The only man whoever had the courgage to say that we must speak to all men in our own language was-

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) Sri Ramakrishna\

(C) Amarnathji

(D) Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore

Ans :(B) Sri Ramakrishna\

88. What instruction did Swamiji give to Sister Nivedita regarding her foreign friends?

(A) They were to sit on the chair

(B) They were to chant mantras (c) They were to remove their shoes and sit on the floor\

(D) They were to go through self-introspection

Ans :(c) They were to remove their shoes and sit on the floor\

89. As per Swamiji's instruction, no exceptions were to be made for the foreign friends of Sister Nivedita, during her lecture in-

(A) Belur Math

(B) America

(C) England

(D) Kalighat

Ans:(D) Kalighat

90. Which reference did Swamiji give regarding his position about Brahman and the gods?

(A) Colonel Hunt's poem

(B) Wordsworth's poem

(c) Colonel Hay's poem

(D) Rabindranath's poem

Ans :(D) Kalighat

91.The name of Colonel Hay's poem is-


(A) The Swami and Mother-Worship

(B) Guardian Angels

(c) Charlie's Angels

(D) Vsentimentality

Ans: (B) Guardian Angels


92.What was Swamiji's opinion about 'Brahman and the gods'?

(A) He only believed in them


93."He spoke of Her"-Here 'Her' refers to-


(A) Kali the Mother

(B) Sister Nivedita

(C) Bharat Mata

(D) Maa Sarada

94.He was constantly preoccupied with Her" -Here 'Her' refers to-

(A) Maa Sarada Devi

(B) Maa Kali

(C) Maa Saraswati

(D) Maa Durga

Ans:

(B) Maa Kali

95.How I used to hate Kali"-Who said this?

Ans:Swami Vivekananda

96..Swamiji fought for not accepting Maa Kali and Her ways for-

a)six years

 

97.Swami Vivekananda's ground of six years fight was for-

(A) not accepting Kali the Mother


98. "I would not accept Her"-Here 'I' refers to-

(a) Sister Nivedita

(B)Sri Ramakrishna 

(c) Swami Vivekananda

(D) Devendra Nath Tagore 

Ans:

(c) Swami Vivekananda

99."I would not accept Her"-Here 'Her' refers to-

Ans:

(B) Maa Kali

100.Who dedicated Swami Vivekananda to Kali?

(A) His parents

(B) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 

(C) Maa Sarada

(D) Sister Nivedita

Ans:

(B) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 

101.Who guided Swami in every little thing? 

(A) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

(B) Kali the Mother

(C) Sister Nivedita

(D) Maa Sarada

Ans: (B) Kali the Mother

102. "Now I believe that she guides me in every little thing I do"-The speaker is-

Ans:

(c) Swami Vivekananda

103.Guru Nanak gave his power to-

Ans:(c) a disciple named Bhai Lehna

104.Guru Nanak was looking for to give his power.

(a) his family

(b) his children

(c) one disciple

(d) Guru Gobind Singh

Ans:

(c) one disciple

DOWNLOAD 

Short Questions & Answers of The Swami and Mother Worship 

By PKG SIR-



Comments