Short Questions & Answers of The Swami and Mother Worship
The Swami and Mother Worship
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Short Questions & Answers of The Swami and Mother Worship
By PKG SIR-đ
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-
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(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
Short Questions & Answers of The Swami and Mother Worship
By PKG SIR-
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