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Father of Mahavira is Siddhartha.
Answer: B) Living beings, matter, motion, rest, space, and time Explanation: According to Jainism, the six eternal substances are living beings or souls, non-living substances or matter, the principle of motion, the principle of rest, space, and time.
Answer: C Explanation: Jain philosophy accepts three reliable means of knowledge (pramana): perception (pratyaksa), inference (anumana), and testimony (sabda or the word of scriptures).
Answer: d) 5 Explanation: According to Jainism, jnana (knowledge) is said to be of five kinds: mati jnana (sensory knowledge), shrutu jnana (scriptural knowledge), avadhi jnana (clairvoyance), manah prayaya jnana (telepathy), and kevala jnana (omniscience).
Answer: d) The liberation (moksha) Explanation: According to Digambara Jains, there are seven tattvas: the sentient (jiva or living), the insentient (ajiva or non-living), the karmic influx to the soul (asrava), the bondage of karmic particles to the soul (bandha), the stoppage of karmic particles (samvara), the wiping away of past karmic particles (nirjara), and the attainment of good karma (punya) or bad karma (paapa).
Answer: b. Consciousness, bliss, and vibrational energy. Jainism maintains that every soul possesses these three qualities.
Answer: b. 8,400,000. Jain theosophy asserts that each soul passes through 8,400,000 birth-situations as they circle through Saṃsāra.
Answer: a) A universal cause and effect law Explanation: Karma, as in other Indian religions, connotes in Jainism the universal cause and effect law.
Answer: d) All of the above. In Jainism, karma is a spiritual force that creates bondages for the soul, the universal cause and effect law, and a material substance that can bind to the soul. Explanation: According to Jainism, karma is a material substance (subtle matter) that can bind to the soul and affect the suffering and happiness experienced by the jiva in the lokas. Karma is believed to obscure and obstruct the innate nature and striving of the soul, as well as its spiritual potential in the next rebirth. The vibration of the soul draws karmic particles to it, which creates bondages and adds merit or demerit to the soul.
Answer: b) 2. Explanation: Jainism divides the worldly cycle of time into two half-cycles, utsarpiṇī (ascending, progressive prosperity and happiness) and avasarpiṇī (descending, increasing sorrow and immorality). According to Jain cosmology, the universe is currently in the fifth ara of avasarpiṇī, which is full of sorrow and religious decline. After the sixth ara, the universe will be reawakened in a new cycle.