Unit 01 & 02 Vivekananda studies

🧠 Part 1: Swami Vivekananda – As a Boy (1–30)

1. Swami Vivekananda was born in which year?
   A) 1863 B) 1869 C) 1873 D) 1857
   ✅ Answer: A) 1863

2. What was Vivekananda’s birth name?
   A) Devendranath B) Narendranath Dutta C) Ramakrishna D) Subhas
   ✅ Answer: B) Narendranath Dutta

3. His father's profession was:
   A) Doctor B) Lawyer C) Merchant D) Priest
   ✅ Answer: B) Lawyer

4. His mother was known for her:
   A) Artistic skill B) Devotion and spirituality C) Singing D) Political activism
   ✅ Answer: B) Devotion and spirituality

5. Vivekananda was born in:
   A) Varanasi B) Calcutta C) Chennai D) Delhi
   ✅ Answer: B) Calcutta

6. Vivekananda was interested in which subjects during school?
   A) Math & History B) Literature & Science C) Western Philosophy & Music D) Geography & Chemistry
   ✅ Answer: C) Western Philosophy & Music

7. Which Western philosopher deeply influenced him in youth?
   A) Plato B) Descartes C) Herbert Spencer D) Hegel
   ✅ Answer: C) Herbert Spencer

8. His favorite physical activity was:
   A) Football B) Cricket C) Kabaddi D) Wrestling
   ✅ Answer: A) Football

9. As a boy, he was known for his:
   A) Fearfulness B) Laziness C) Sharp memory D) Silence
   ✅ Answer: C) Sharp memory

10. He passed matriculation from:
    A) Scottish Church School B) Hindu School C) Presidency School D) Sanskrit College
    ✅ Answer: B) Hindu School

11. His favorite religious scripture in youth:
    A) Quran B) Bible C) Gita D) Dhammapada
    ✅ Answer: C) Gita

12. Which music teacher taught him Dhrupad?
    A) Beni Gupta B) Bhairavi Singh C) Ustad Rashid D) Tansen
    ✅ Answer: A) Beni Gupta

13. Which habit stood out in young Narendra?
    A) Luxury seeking B) Questioning authority C) Laziness D) Avoiding books
    ✅ Answer: B) Questioning authority

14. As a child, he was deeply interested in:
    A) Political debates B) Religious books C) Business tricks D) None
    ✅ Answer: B) Religious books

15. One of his childhood traits was:
    A) Aggressiveness B) Compassion C) Fear D) Greed
    ✅ Answer: B) Compassion

16. Vivekananda’s first teacher was:
    A) Mahesh Ghosh B) Vishwanath Dutta C) Ram Prasad D) None
    ✅ Answer: A) Mahesh Ghosh

17. He joined Scottish Church College in:
    A) 1879 B) 1881 C) 1883 D) 1884
    ✅ Answer: A) 1879

18. Narendra was an expert in:
    A) Sanskrit B) Logic C) English and Philosophy D) Economics
    ✅ Answer: C) English and Philosophy

19. Vivekananda was inspired by which Western scientist?
    A) Darwin B) Newton C) Faraday D) Spencer
    ✅ Answer: D) Spencer

20. He believed in what kind of religion initially?
    A) Ritualistic B) Intellectual C) Mythological D) None
    ✅ Answer: B) Intellectual

21. His attitude toward superstition as a child was:
    A) Acceptance B) Mockery C) Doubt D) Rebellion
    ✅ Answer: D) Rebellion

22. As a student, he led:
    A) A rebellious group B) A prayer group C) A study club D) No group
    ✅ Answer: A) A rebellious group

23. Vivekananda was greatly attached to:
    A) His mother B) His sister C) His father D) No one
    ✅ Answer: A) His mother

24. His earliest doubts were about:
    A) Science B) Rituals C) God’s existence D) Poverty
    ✅ Answer: C) God’s existence

25. Vivekananda joined the Brahmo Samaj in:
    A) 1875 B) 1880 C) 1881 D) 1884
    ✅ Answer: C) 1881

26. Brahmo Samaj rejected:
    A) God B) Avatarvad C) Monotheism D) Ethics
    ✅ Answer: B) Avatarvad

27. The leader of Brahmo Samaj then was:
    A) Rajnarayan Basu B) Keshab Chandra Sen C) Debendranath Tagore D) Ishwar Chandra
    ✅ Answer: B) Keshab Chandra Sen

28. Young Narendra asked Ramakrishna:
    A) Who is God? B) Do you believe in Kali? C) Have you seen God? D) Do you read the Vedas?
    ✅ Answer: C) Have you seen God?

29. His early aim in life was to:
    A) Become rich B) Become a philosopher C) Realize truth D) Marry early
    ✅ Answer: C) Realize truth

30. Who inspired him toward Advaita Vedanta?
    A) His father B) Ramakrishna C) Debendranath D) His mother
    ✅ Answer: B) Ramakrishna

🧘 Part 2: Swami Vivekananda – As a Wandering Monk (31–60)

31. After Ramakrishna's passing, Vivekananda and fellow disciples formed:
    A) The Divine Society B) Bharat Dharma Mahamandal C) Baranagar Math D) Brahmo Youth Club
    ✅ Answer: C) Baranagar Math

32. Vivekananda began his extensive travels across India in the year:
    A) 1885 B) 1890 C) 1893 D) 1888
    ✅ Answer: D) 1888

33. He adopted the name “Vivekananda” in:
    A) Madurai B) Kanyakumari C) Rajputana D) Khetri
    ✅ Answer: D) Khetri

34. The king who suggested the name “Vivekananda” was:
    A) Raja Ajit Singh of Khetri B) Raja of Travancore C) King of Mysore D) Maharaja of Bikaner
    ✅ Answer: A) Raja Ajit Singh of Khetri

35. Vivekananda meditated for several days at:
    A) Bodhgaya B) Himalayas C) Kanyakumari Rock D) Belur Ghat
    ✅ Answer: C) Kanyakumari Rock

36. He realized India’s need for spiritual and material upliftment while at:
    A) Puri B) Bodhgaya C) Kanyakumari D) Badrinath
    ✅ Answer: C) Kanyakumari

37. Vivekananda believed that India’s real problem was:
    A) Political instability B) Lack of military C) Poverty and ignorance D) Colonial rule
    ✅ Answer: C) Poverty and ignorance

38. Vivekananda met kings, commoners, scholars, and peasants during his:
    A) European travel B) Himalayan retreat C) Wandering monk phase D) Monastic training
    ✅ Answer: C) Wandering monk phase

39. The year he sailed for America was:
    A) 1890 B) 1891 C) 1892 D) 1893
    ✅ Answer: D) 1893

40. Which city hosted the Parliament of Religions?
    A) London B) New York C) Boston D) Chicago
    ✅ Answer: D) Chicago

41. Vivekananda’s appearance at the Parliament of Religions was on:
    A) 15 August 1893 B) 11 September 1893 C) 5 July 1893 D) 25 December 1893
    ✅ Answer: B) 11 September 1893

42. His opening words in the speech were:
    A) "Ladies and Gentlemen..." B) "I am honored..." C) "Brothers and Sisters of America..." D) "O People of the World..."
    ✅ Answer: C) "Brothers and Sisters of America..."

43. His speech emphasized:
    A) Hindu rituals B) Religious tolerance and harmony C) Idol worship D) Political freedom
    ✅ Answer: B) Religious tolerance and harmony

44. Which newspaper hailed him as “an orator by divine right”?
    A) Chicago Tribune B) Boston Herald C) New York Times D) The Hindu
    ✅ Answer: A) Chicago Tribune

45. He established the first Vedanta Society in:
    A) London B) San Francisco C) New York D) Chicago
    ✅ Answer: C) New York

46. Vivekananda stayed in America for how long during his first visit?
    A) 6 months B) 1 year C) 3 years D) 4 years
    ✅ Answer: D) 4 years

47. His key work written in the West was:
    A) Jnana Yoga B) Raj Yoga C) Bhakti Yoga D) All of these
    ✅ Answer: D) All of these

48. In the West, he was mainly appreciated for:
    A) Political thought B) Nationalism C) Spiritual clarity and universalism D) His attire
    ✅ Answer: C) Spiritual clarity and universalism

49. In which European country did he receive great admiration?
    A) France B) Germany C) England D) Italy
    ✅ Answer: C) England

50. He met Margaret Noble (later Sister Nivedita) in:
    A) America B) France C) Germany D) England
    ✅ Answer: D) England

51. Vivekananda returned to India in:
    A) 1895 B) 1897 C) 1896 D) 1898
    ✅ Answer: B) 1897

52. Upon return, he was welcomed in India as:
    A) A philosopher B) A saint C) A prophet D) A king
    ✅ Answer: C) A prophet

53. In which Indian city did he deliver the famous “My India” speech?
    A) Kolkata B) Madras C) Bombay D) Delhi
    ✅ Answer: B) Madras

54. Vivekananda stressed on:
    A) Temple building B) Meditation only C) Man-making education D) Rituals
    ✅ Answer: C) Man-making education

55. He established the Ramakrishna Mission in:
    A) 1896 B) 1897 C) 1899 D) 1901
    ✅ Answer: B) 1897

56. The motto of the Ramakrishna Mission is taken from:
    A) Gita B) Upanishads C) Vedas D) Mundaka Upanishad
    ✅ Answer: D) Mundaka Upanishad

57. The core ideal of the Mission is:
    A) Monasticism B) Education C) Worship of God in man D) Political freedom
    ✅ Answer: C) Worship of God in man

58. Vivekananda passed away at the age of:
    A) 42 B) 39 C) 35 D) 45
    ✅ Answer: B) 39

59. He died on:
    A) 4 July 1902 B) 11 July 1902 C) 1 January 1903 D) 12 January 1903
    ✅ Answer: A) 4 July 1902

60. His final resting place is at:
    A) Belur Math B) Kanyakumari C) Dakshineswar D) Bodhgaya
    ✅ Answer: A) Belur Math

🌼 Part 3: Sri Ramakrishna and His Impact on Swami Vivekananda (61–100)

61. Who was Sri Ramakrishna’s divine consort?
    A) Bhairavi Brahmani B) Sarada Devi C) Gauri Ma D) Rani Rasmani
    ✅ Answer: B) Sarada Devi

62. Ramakrishna was a priest at:
    A) Belur Math B) Kalighat Temple C) Dakshineswar Kali Temple D) Kashi Vishwanath
    ✅ Answer: C) Dakshineswar Kali Temple

63. Ramakrishna’s chosen deity was:
    A) Shiva B) Vishnu C) Kali D) Rama
    ✅ Answer: C) Kali

64. The first time Narendranath met Sri Ramakrishna was in:
    A) 1880 B) 1881 C) 1882 D) 1884
    ✅ Answer: C) 1882

65. When Vivekananda asked Ramakrishna “Have you seen God?”, the answer was:
    A) “Not really” B) “You will know in time” C) “Yes, just as I see you” D) “It’s not important”
    ✅ Answer: C) “Yes, just as I see you”

66. Which spiritual experience did Ramakrishna frequently speak of?
    A) Trance in Church B) Bhava Samadhi C) Hysteria D) Dream visions
    ✅ Answer: B) Bhava Samadhi

67. What spiritual path did Ramakrishna not practice?
    A) Tantra B) Islam C) Christianity D) Buddhism
    ✅ Answer: D) Buddhism

68. Ramakrishna experimented with different religions to prove:
    A) Their falsehood B) That all lead to the same truth C) Their conflict D) Superiority of Hinduism
    ✅ Answer: B) That all lead to the same truth

69. Ramakrishna said, “As many faiths, so…”
    A) “many gods” B) “many paths” C) “many hearts” D) “many conflicts”
    ✅ Answer: B) “many paths”

70. Ramakrishna believed that the ultimate goal of life is:
    A) Political freedom B) Accumulation of wealth C) Realization of God D) Intellectual brilliance
    ✅ Answer: C) Realization of God

71. Ramakrishna practiced which aspect of Vedanta?
    A) Dvaita B) Vishishtadvaita C) Advaita D) Shuddhadvaita
    ✅ Answer: C) Advaita

72. He called Vivekananda the embodiment of:
    A) Shiva B) Knowledge C) Power D) Narayana
    ✅ Answer: D) Narayana

73. Sri Ramakrishna trained Vivekananda through:
    A) Books B) Debate C) Silence and touch D) Formal education
    ✅ Answer: C) Silence and touch

74. After Ramakrishna’s death, he appeared in a vision to:
    A) Sarada Devi B) Narendranath C) Girish Ghosh D) M.
    ✅ Answer: B) Narendranath

75. Vivekananda took the vow of sannyasa inspired by:
    A) His father B) The Gita C) Ramakrishna’s teachings D) A dream
    ✅ Answer: C) Ramakrishna’s teachings

76. Ramakrishna gave Narendranath a vision of:
    A) Jesus B) Kali C) Light D) Cosmic form
    ✅ Answer: D) Cosmic form

77. What did Ramakrishna say about service?
    A) “Service is slavery” B) “Service to man is service to God” C) “Avoid worldly duties” D) “Service is for kings”
    ✅ Answer: B) “Service to man is service to God”

78. The central message Ramakrishna gave to Vivekananda was:
    A) Become a priest B) Serve the masses C) Preach Advaita to the world D) All of the above
    ✅ Answer: D) All of the above

79. Ramakrishna chose Vivekananda as:
    A) His personal assistant B) His successor C) A poet D) Music teacher
    ✅ Answer: B) His successor

80. Ramakrishna’s parables often used:
    A) Sanskrit verse B) Logic puzzles C) Folk tales D) Scientific method
    ✅ Answer: C) Folk tales

81. Which of these traits was influenced most by Ramakrishna in Vivekananda?
    A) Atheism B) Rationalism C) Non-dualism with service D) Nihilism
    ✅ Answer: C) Non-dualism with service

82. Ramakrishna’s example helped Vivekananda understand:
    A) Rituals only B) Power politics C) Unity of all religions D) Rejection of society
    ✅ Answer: C) Unity of all religions

83. According to Vivekananda, the master (Ramakrishna) was:
    A) A prophet B) An incarnation C) A reformer D) A teacher
    ✅ Answer: B) An incarnation

84. The phrase “Ramakrishna is the consummation of the Indian sages” was said by:
    A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Subhas Chandra Bose C) Swami Vivekananda D) Mahatma Gandhi
    ✅ Answer: C) Swami Vivekananda

85. Who first introduced Vivekananda to Westerners as Ramakrishna’s disciple?
    A) Sister Nivedita B) Alasinga Perumal C) Margaret Noble D) J.J. Goodwin
    ✅ Answer: B) Alasinga Perumal

86. What practice did Vivekananda adopt directly from Ramakrishna?
    A) Advaita Vedanta B) Hatha Yoga C) Ritualistic Tantra D) Isolation
    ✅ Answer: A) Advaita Vedanta

87. Ramakrishna’s influence made Vivekananda:
    A) Leave India forever B) Convert to Christianity C) Embrace universalism D) Become a temple priest
    ✅ Answer: C) Embrace universalism

88. Ramakrishna emphasized renunciation and:
    A) Wealth B) Ritual C) Divine love D) War
    ✅ Answer: C) Divine love

89. According to Vivekananda, what was Ramakrishna’s greatest contribution?
    A) Worship technique B) Philosophical jargon C) Living Vedanta D) Business sense
    ✅ Answer: C) Living Vedanta

90. Ramakrishna’s greatest miracle, per Vivekananda, was:
    A) Flying in the air B) Giving visions C) Transforming lives D) Healing diseases
    ✅ Answer: C) Transforming lives

91. Who compiled The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna?
    A) Swami Vivekananda B) Swami Nikhilananda C) Mahendranath Gupta (M) D) Sister Nivedita
    ✅ Answer: C) Mahendranath Gupta (M)

92. Vivekananda called Ramakrishna:
    A) A mystic yogi B) Greatest of avatars C) A village priest D) Saintly man
    ✅ Answer: B) Greatest of avatars

93. Which quality of Ramakrishna most deeply impressed young Narendranath?
    A) His rituals B) His wealth C) His God-realization D) His silence
    ✅ Answer: C) His God-realization

94. Ramakrishna once said to Narendranath:
    A) “You are my equal” B) “You will be a great teacher” C) “You are born for others” D) “You will fail me”
    ✅ Answer: C) “You are born for others”

95. Vivekananda spread Ramakrishna’s message mainly to:
    A) Scholars B) Sannyasins C) The masses D) Politicians
    ✅ Answer: C) The masses

96. What does the symbol of Ramakrishna Math represent?
    A) Ritualism B) Only Advaita C) Harmony of yogas and religions D) Brahmo influence
    ✅ Answer: C) Harmony of yogas and religions

97. Vivekananda celebrated Ramakrishna’s birthday with:
    A) Long prayers B) Singing C) Public service D) Puja and feeding the poor
    ✅ Answer: D) Puja and feeding the poor

98. Ramakrishna taught Vivekananda to:
    A) Preach publicly B) Meditate silently C) Balance inner and outer life D) Deny the world
    ✅ Answer: C) Balance inner and outer life

99. Vivekananda once said Ramakrishna was:
    A) “My servant” B) “My guru, my God” C) “A weak man” D) “Only my guide”
    ✅ Answer: B) “My guru, my God”

100. Which value was most central to both Ramakrishna and Vivekananda?
     A) Logic B) Power C) God-realization D) Ritualism
     ✅ Answer: C) God-realization

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🌍 Topics:

1. Parliament of Religions (Chicago, 1893)

2. Vivekananda’s travels in India and abroad

3. His return and activities for National Regeneration

4. Vivekananda and Contemporary India

🛕 Swami Vivekananda – MCQs (1–30)

🎯 Parliament of Religions, Travels, and Return

1. Swami Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of Religions in which year?
   A) 1890 B) 1892 C) 1893 D) 1896
   ✅ Answer: C) 1893

2. Where was the Parliament of Religions held?
   A) London B) Chicago C) New York D) Paris
   ✅ Answer: B) Chicago

3. What famous phrase did Swami Vivekananda begin his speech with at the Parliament?
   A) “My beloved Indians” B) “Sisters and Brothers of America” C) “Let us pray” D) “Greetings to all faiths”
   ✅ Answer: B) “Sisters and Brothers of America”

4. The Parliament of Religions was part of which event?
   A) United Nations Assembly B) World Spiritual Forum C) World’s Columbian Exposition D) Theosophical Congress
   ✅ Answer: C) World’s Columbian Exposition

5. Vivekananda was introduced at the Parliament by:
   A) J.H. Barrows B) William James C) Max Müller D) Leo Tolstoy
   ✅ Answer: A) J.H. Barrows

6. How many speeches did Swami Vivekananda deliver at the Parliament of Religions?
   A) One B) Three C) Five D) Six
   ✅ Answer: D) Six

7. Which of the following was a central theme of Vivekananda’s speeches at the Parliament?
   A) Caste reform B) Superiority of Hinduism C) Religious tolerance and harmony D) Politics
   ✅ Answer: C) Religious tolerance and harmony

8. After the Parliament, he was invited to lecture in:
   A) Only India B) Europe and America C) South Asia D) China
   ✅ Answer: B) Europe and America

9. Which Western country did Vivekananda not visit during his first overseas journey?
   A) USA B) France C) Japan D) Germany
   ✅ Answer: B) France

10. Who helped finance Vivekananda’s trip to Chicago?
    A) Maharaja of Alwar B) Alasinga Perumal and friends C) Sister Nivedita D) Rabindranath Tagore
    ✅ Answer: B) Alasinga Perumal and friends

11. What was the purpose of his trip to the West?
    A) To study economics B) To spread Vedanta C) To raise political awareness D) To start a business
    ✅ Answer: B) To spread Vedanta

12. The name used in his passport for the US trip was:
    A) Narendra Dutt B) Vivekananda C) Swami Narendranath D) Narendra Puri
    ✅ Answer: B) Vivekananda

13. Vivekananda founded the Vedanta Society in:
    A) London B) New York C) Calcutta D) Chicago
    ✅ Answer: B) New York

14. Which of these titles was given to Vivekananda in the West?
    A) Eastern Monk B) Warrior Saint C) Cyclonic Hindu D) Hindu Missionary
    ✅ Answer: C) Cyclonic Hindu

15. Vivekananda's travels in India before Chicago were intended to:
    A) Collect money B) Understand India’s condition C) Find temples D) Promote politics
    ✅ Answer: B) Understand India’s condition

16. In which Indian state did Swami Vivekananda spend time meditating on a rock?
    A) Gujarat B) Kerala C) Tamil Nadu D) Maharashtra
    ✅ Answer: C) Tamil Nadu (Kanyakumari)

17. The Kanyakumari Rock Memorial is dedicated to:
    A) Buddha B) Rabindranath Tagore C) Swami Vivekananda D) Rani of Travancore
    ✅ Answer: C) Swami Vivekananda

18. He visited which pilgrimage centers during his Indian travels?
    A) Ayodhya, Mathura, Ujjain B) Rameshwaram, Varanasi, Dwarka C) Delhi only D) Ladakh
    ✅ Answer: B) Rameshwaram, Varanasi, Dwarka

19. What aspect of India deeply saddened him during his travels?
    A) British colonialism B) Poverty and caste discrimination C) Food habits D) Rainfall
    ✅ Answer: B) Poverty and caste discrimination

20. Vivekananda called India:
    A) A failed state B) A land of sinners C) A sleeping giant D) A battlefield
    ✅ Answer: C) A sleeping giant

21. What was his goal upon returning from the West?
    A) Start a political party B) Start businesses C) National awakening through spiritual regeneration D) Become king
    ✅ Answer: C) National awakening through spiritual regeneration

22. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in which year?
    A) 1895 B) 1896 C) 1897 D) 1900
    ✅ Answer: C) 1897

23. Where was the Ramakrishna Mission headquartered?
    A) Mumbai B) Delhi C) Belur (West Bengal) D) Chennai
    ✅ Answer: C) Belur (West Bengal)

24. The Ramakrishna Mission focuses on:
    A) Military training B) Spirituality and social service C) Business loans D) Sports development
    ✅ Answer: B) Spirituality and social service

25. Vivekananda’s call to youth was:
    A) “Run from society” B) “Raise swords” C) “Arise, awake, and stop not…” D) “Meditate forever”
    ✅ Answer: C) “Arise, awake, and stop not…”

26. “Each soul is potentially divine” — this quote is from:
    A) Bhagavad Gita B) Raja Yoga C) Jnana Yoga D) Karma Yoga
    ✅ Answer: B) Raja Yoga

27. Who among the following was influenced by Vivekananda?
    A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Subhas Chandra Bose C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) All of the above
    ✅ Answer: D) All of the above

28. In contemporary India, Vivekananda is remembered for his:
    A) Science B) Literature C) Philosophy and nation-building D) Business
    ✅ Answer: C) Philosophy and nation-building

29. He emphasized which kind of education?
    A) Technical only B) Religious only C) Man-making and character-building D) Political training
    ✅ Answer: C) Man-making and character-building

30. Vivekananda advocated for upliftment of:
    A) Only scholars B) Peasants only C) The poor, women, and youth D) Only monks
    ✅ Answer: C) The poor, women, and youth

🛕 Swami Vivekananda – MCQs (31–60)

📍 Parliament of Religions, Travels, National Regeneration, Contemporary India

31. Which city did Swami Vivekananda stay in for months to learn about Western society?
    A) London B) New York C) Boston D) Chicago
    ✅ Answer: D) Chicago

32. Who was his American disciple who later came to India?
    A) Margaret Noble B) Annie Besant C) Mary Baker Eddy D) Helena Blavatsky
    ✅ Answer: A) Margaret Noble (Sister Nivedita)

33. Sister Nivedita was given her name by:
    A) Ramakrishna B) Swami Brahmananda C) Swami Vivekananda D) Mahatma Gandhi
    ✅ Answer: C) Swami Vivekananda

34. In which book did Vivekananda lay out his ideas of Raja Yoga?
    A) Letters of Vivekananda B) Raja Yoga C) Vedanta Sutras D) Yoga Sutra
    ✅ Answer: B) Raja Yoga

35. The mission of Vivekananda was:
    A) Spread of monasticism B) Spread of nationalism through spirituality C) Political freedom D) Wealth creation
    ✅ Answer: B) Spread of nationalism through spirituality

36. In the West, Vivekananda was recognized as a representative of:
    A) Vedic Hinduism B) Mahayana Buddhism C) Jainism D) Sufism
    ✅ Answer: A) Vedic Hinduism

37. The Indian National Congress session of 1897 praised:
    A) British rule B) Vivekananda’s Chicago speech C) Gandhi’s speech D) Lord Curzon
    ✅ Answer: B) Vivekananda’s Chicago speech

38. He said, “Religion is not in doctrines or dogmas but in realization.” This reflects:
    A) Rationalism B) Practical Vedanta C) Superstition D) Ritualism
    ✅ Answer: B) Practical Vedanta

39. Swami Vivekananda believed the regeneration of India must begin with:
    A) Economic reforms B) Political agitation C) Religious and spiritual awakening D) Westernization
    ✅ Answer: C) Religious and spiritual awakening

40. What did he call as “man-making religion”?
    A) Ritualistic Hinduism B) Vedanta C) Modern Science D) Casteism
    ✅ Answer: B) Vedanta

41. Which king of Mysore helped Swami Vivekananda after his return from the West?
    A) Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV B) Tipu Sultan C) Raghunathrao D) Bhonsle
    ✅ Answer: A) Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV

42. His teachings on unity of all religions reflect:
    A) Syncretism B) Fanaticism C) Superstition D) Conversion
    ✅ Answer: A) Syncretism

43. In which year did Swami Vivekananda return to India from the West?
    A) 1894 B) 1897 C) 1895 D) 1899
    ✅ Answer: B) 1897

44. His speech in Madras on return was titled:
    A) My Life Story B) The Future of India C) India: Past, Present and Future D) Awakening of the East
    ✅ Answer: C) India: Past, Present and Future

45. Which city gave him a royal welcome on return?
    A) Kolkata B) Bombay C) Madras D) Delhi
    ✅ Answer: C) Madras

46. In Contemporary India, which national institution promotes his teachings?
    A) ISRO B) AIIMS C) Ramakrishna Mission D) DRDO
    ✅ Answer: C) Ramakrishna Mission

47. He considered service to humanity as:
    A) Waste of time B) Divine worship C) Only for monks D) Charity
    ✅ Answer: B) Divine worship

48. The phrase “Daridra Narayana” (God in the poor) was used by him to mean:
    A) The poor are helpless B) Help poor for good karma C) Poor must be worshipped as God D) Avoid the poor
    ✅ Answer: C) Poor must be worshipped as God

49. He said, “If you want to find God, serve man.” This reflects:
    A) Bhakti Yoga B) Karma Yoga C) Jnana Yoga D) Raja Yoga
    ✅ Answer: B) Karma Yoga

50. What did he call the youth of India?
    A) Weak B) Spiritually dead C) Builders of modern India D) Followers
    ✅ Answer: C) Builders of modern India

51. What was his advice to students?
    A) Only pray B) Be soldiers C) Be strong and develop character D) Ignore society
    ✅ Answer: C) Be strong and develop character

52. “Faith in oneself” was emphasized by Vivekananda because:
    A) It boosts pride B) It was from Western culture C) He believed it was essential for success D) It helped convert others
    ✅ Answer: C) He believed it was essential for success

53. He advocated for which type of nationalism?
    A) Violent B) Economic C) Spiritual D) Cultural
    ✅ Answer: C) Spiritual

54. Which organization did he NOT form?
    A) Vedanta Society B) Arya Samaj C) Ramakrishna Math D) Ramakrishna Mission
    ✅ Answer: B) Arya Samaj

55. Vivekananda’s vision for India included:
    A) Complete Westernization B) Total isolation C) Combining spirituality with progress D) Rejection of modernity
    ✅ Answer: C) Combining spirituality with progress

56. “Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man” means:
    A) Education gives perfection B) Perfection is external C) True knowledge is self-discovery D) Education should be rote-based
    ✅ Answer: C) True knowledge is self-discovery

57. According to him, women’s empowerment was necessary for:
    A) Family life B) Western influence C) Nation’s regeneration D) Ritual purity
    ✅ Answer: C) Nation’s regeneration

58. He was against:
    A) Vedas B) Meditation C) Caste discrimination D) Karma Yoga
    ✅ Answer: C) Caste discrimination

59. What is the best way to describe Vivekananda’s approach to life?
    A) Detached monkhood B) Passive religion C) Active engagement with society D) Withdrawal from the world
    ✅ Answer: C) Active engagement with society

60. In Vivekananda's vision, India’s awakening depended on:
    A) Political rebellion B) Industrial revolution C) Spiritual and moral regeneration D) Violence
    ✅ Answer: C) Spiritual and moral regeneration

🌍 Parliament of Religions, Travels in India and Abroad, Return and National Regeneration, Vivekananda and Contemporary India

🛕 Swami Vivekananda – MCQs (61–100)

61. Which Western thinker deeply admired Vivekananda’s ideas?
    A) Karl Marx B) Romain Rolland C) Nietzsche D) Darwin
    ✅ Answer: B) Romain Rolland

62. What was the core purpose of Vivekananda's foreign lectures?
    A) Collect donations B) Introduce Indian spirituality to the West C) Form a government D) Preach nationalism
    ✅ Answer: B) Introduce Indian spirituality to the West

63. Swami Vivekananda regarded education as:
    A) A form of charity B) Bookish knowledge C) Tool for job D) Tool for character building
    ✅ Answer: D) Tool for character building

64. According to Swamiji, real strength comes from:
    A) Army B) Self-confidence and spirituality C) Physical training D) Fame
    ✅ Answer: B) Self-confidence and spirituality

65. In which year was the second Parliament of World Religions held in which Ramakrishna Mission participated posthumously?
    A) 1905 B) 1925 C) 1993 D) 2001
    ✅ Answer: C) 1993

66. Swami Vivekananda passed away in:
    A) 1900 B) 1901 C) 1902 D) 1903
    ✅ Answer: C) 1902

67. Where did Swami Vivekananda die?
    A) Chicago B) Kanyakumari C) Belur Math D) Varanasi
    ✅ Answer: C) Belur Math

68. Which Yoga did Vivekananda popularize through his writings in the West?
    A) Bhakti Yoga B) Karma Yoga C) Raja Yoga D) Laya Yoga
    ✅ Answer: C) Raja Yoga

69. What was his perspective on science and religion?
    A) Conflicting B) Separate domains C) Harmonious D) Irrelevant
    ✅ Answer: C) Harmonious

70. “They alone live who live for others” reflects which teaching?
    A) Individualism B) Social service as spiritual duty C) Political activism D) Detachment
    ✅ Answer: B) Social service as spiritual duty

✈️ Vivekananda’s Travels and Global Impact

71. In which country did Vivekananda address a gathering at Shakespeare Club?
    A) Germany B) Canada C) USA D) France
    ✅ Answer: C) USA

72. What did he consider the greatest sin?
    A) Lying B) Fear C) Weakness D) Anger
    ✅ Answer: C) Weakness

73. Vivekananda believed that religion must be based on:
    A) Dogmas B) Rituals C) Experience D) Scriptures alone
    ✅ Answer: C) Experience

74. According to him, what is the greatest need of India?
    A) More temples B) Army C) Education and self-respect D) Foreign aid
    ✅ Answer: C) Education and self-respect

75. Which of the following is NOT authored by Swami Vivekananda?
    A) Karma Yoga B) Bhakti Yoga C) Hindu View of Life D) Jnana Yoga
    ✅ Answer: C) Hindu View of Life

76. What did he mean by “Muscles of iron and nerves of steel”?
    A) Physical strength alone matters B) Be violent C) Need for strong character and will-power D) Focus on army training
    ✅ Answer: C) Need for strong character and will-power

77. Vivekananda considered India’s spiritual culture as:
    A) Outdated B) Obstacle to progress C) Foundation of her regeneration D) Useless
    ✅ Answer: C) Foundation of her regeneration

78. The spiritual concept most emphasized by Vivekananda was:
    A) Dualism B) Atheism C) Advaita (non-duality) D) Idol worship
    ✅ Answer: C) Advaita (non-duality)

79. “Strength is life, weakness is death” — this is a quote by:
    A) Dayananda B) Gandhi C) Swami Vivekananda D) Ramakrishna
    ✅ Answer: C) Swami Vivekananda

80. Which of the following institutions is directly inspired by his teachings?
    A) IITs B) Ramakrishna Mission C) DRDO D) BARC
    ✅ Answer: B) Ramakrishna Mission

🇮🇳 National Regeneration & Contemporary India

81. The focus of Ramakrishna Mission includes:
    A) Business education B) Arms training C) Service, education, health, and spirituality D) Party politics
    ✅ Answer: C) Service, education, health, and spirituality

82. What was Swami Vivekananda’s attitude toward Western culture?
    A) Rejection B) Total acceptance C) Critical appreciation and synthesis D) Ignorance
    ✅ Answer: C) Critical appreciation and synthesis

83. What Indian philosophy did he promote in the West?
    A) Tantra B) Vedanta C) Buddhism D) Jainism
    ✅ Answer: B) Vedanta

84. Who said, “If Vivekananda had been alive today, he would have been a world leader”?
    A) Nehru B) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose C) Romain Rolland D) Mahatma Gandhi
    ✅ Answer: B) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

85. On which date is National Youth Day celebrated in India?
    A) 15 August B) 12 January C) 2 October D) 26 January
    ✅ Answer: B) 12 January

86. National Youth Day marks whose birth anniversary?
    A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Subhas Bose C) Swami Vivekananda D) Abdul Kalam
    ✅ Answer: C) Swami Vivekananda

87. His idea of “Practical Vedanta” means:
    A) Monastic retreat B) Applying spiritual values in daily life and service C) Chanting only D) Avoid society
    ✅ Answer: B) Applying spiritual values in daily life and service

88. He inspired the youth to:
    A) Join politics only B) Renounce everything C) Serve the nation selflessly D) Avoid education
    ✅ Answer: C) Serve the nation selflessly

89. What did he say about Hinduism?
    A) Too conservative B) Dead religion C) Eternal religion (Sanatana Dharma) D) Superstitious
    ✅ Answer: C) Eternal religion (Sanatana Dharma)

90. His teachings influenced modern Indian nationalism by:
    A) Encouraging revolt B) Merging religion and politics C) Promoting strength, unity, and pride in culture D) Forming a party
    ✅ Answer: C) Promoting strength, unity, and pride in culture

🧠 Final 10 Questions – Higher Order Understanding

91. Vivekananda’s role in India’s freedom movement was mostly:
    A) Political B) Social reformer only C) Spiritual inspiration and awakening of national pride D) None
    ✅ Answer: C) Spiritual inspiration and awakening of national pride

92. What did he say about interfaith dialogue?
    A) Not needed B) Dangerous C) Essential to peace and global harmony D) Waste of time
    ✅ Answer: C) Essential to peace and global harmony

93. In Chicago, he was known as:
    A) Angry monk B) Cyclonic monk from India C) Rajayogi D) Hindu missionary
    ✅ Answer: B) Cyclonic monk from India

94. Swami Vivekananda's biggest contribution to Hinduism was:
    A) Idol worship B) Bringing its message to global stage C) Performing rituals D) Teaching Sanskrit
    ✅ Answer: B) Bringing its message to global stage

95. What is the highest ideal according to Vivekananda?
    A) Meditation B) Renunciation C) Selfless service D) Asceticism
    ✅ Answer: C) Selfless service

96. He once said: “Religion is the manifestation of the …”
    A) Inner Divinity already in man B) Scriptures only C) External rituals D) Priests
    ✅ Answer: A) Inner Divinity already in man

97. Swamiji’s concept of Universal Religion was about:
    A) Dominating other faiths B) Unity in diversity among all religions C) New religion D) Only Hinduism
    ✅ Answer: B) Unity in diversity among all religions

98. The Parliament of Religions helped Vivekananda:
    A) Find a sponsor B) Showcase India’s spiritual heritage globally C) Make money D) Start political revolution
    ✅ Answer: B) Showcase India’s spiritual heritage globally

99. His key to true success was:
    A) Wealth B) Name and fame C) Character, faith, and work ethic D) Obedience
    ✅ Answer: C) Character, faith, and work ethic

100. Who said: “Swami Vivekananda is the maker of modern India”?
     A) Netaji B) Subrahmanya Bharathi C) Mahatma Gandhi D) Romain Rolland
     ✅ Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi