The Swami and Mother Worship MCQ
The Swami and Mother Worship MCQ

(১) Swami Vivekananda had developed the power of entering ‘Samadhi’ at the age of –
(A) nine
(B) eleven
(C) eight
(D) seven
Ans – eight
(২) Swami Vivekananda became a formal member of –
(A) Christian’s Association
(B) Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
(C) Mahabodhi Society
(D) Freemasons Brotherhood
Ans – Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
(৩) The scriptures on which Swamiji relied on were –
(A) the Vedas and Upanishads
(B) the Puranas and Upanishads
(C) the Geeta and the Vedanta
(D) the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
Ans – (A) the Vedas and Upanishads
(৩) In India, the word which was always on Swamiji’s lips was –
(A) Om
(B) Kali
(C) Mother
(D) Sri Ramakrishna
Ans – (C) Mother
(৪) The sword is held by mother Kali in her –
(A) right hand
(B) both hands
(C) left hand
(D) fourth hand
Ans – (C) left hand
(৫) The psalm which was written by Nivedita had the title –
(A) Voice of the Mother
(B) Voice of India
(C) Kali, the Mother
(D) Worshipping the Mother
Ans – (A) Voice of the Mother
(৬) Sister Nivedita had primarily objections against –
(A) Kali-worship
(B) animal sacrifice in the temple
(C) the Hindu religious practices
(D) the devil worship
Ans – (B) animal sacrifice in the temple
(৭) Sister Nivedita elicited the actual facts of Kali-worship from –
(A) Sri Ramakrishna
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Swami Vivekananda and a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
(D) all of them
Ans – (C) Swami Vivekananda and a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
(৮) One day when sister Nivedita was sitting with Swami Vivekananda, an image of –
(A) Siva was brought in
(B) Krishna was brought in
(C) Rama was brought in
(D) Kali was brought in
Ans – (D) Kali was brought in
(৯) Swami Vivekananda accompanied Nivedita to her visit to –
(A) Sri Ramakrishna
(B) Kalighat
(C) Devendra Nath Tagore
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ans – (C) Devendra Nath Tagore
(১০) Maharshi Devendra Nath had his home at –
(A) Amarnath
(B) Jorasanko
(C) Kalighat
(D) Bosepara
Ans – (B) Jorasanko
(১১) The night before her visit to Maharshi Devendra Nath, Nivedita was present at –
(A) death-scene
(B) murder scene
(C) Kali Puja
(D) trial scene
Ans – (A) death-scene
(১২) Nivedita delivered a lecture at –
(A) Belur Math
(B) Jorasanko
(C) Amarnath
(D) Kalighat
Ans – (D) Kalighat
(১৩) Swami Vivekananda gave instruction to Nivedita to ensure that at Kalighat her foreign friends should –
(A) sit on the chair
(B) put on their shoes
(C) remove their shoes
(D) remove their hats
Ans – (C) remove their shoes
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(১৪) “Guardian Angels” by Colonel Hay is the name of a –
(A) book
(B) poem
(C) story
(D) psalm
Ans – (B) poem
(১৫) Swami Vivekananda refused to accept Mother Kali for –
(A) five years
(B) six years
(C) three years
(D) all his life
Ans – (B) six years
(১৬) After dedicating Swami Vivekananda to Mother Kali, Sri Ramakrishna lived for –
(A) Two years
(B) one year
(C) six months
(D) three years
Ans – (A) Two years
(১৭) Swami Vivekananda believed in –
(A) Brahman only
(B) Mother Kali alone
(C) no God and Goddess
(D) both in Brahman and Gods
Ans – (D) both in Brahman and Gods
(১৮) According to Nivedita, the part of Swami’s life would be incomplete if she fails to mention –
(A) Swamiji’s philosophy of life
(B) Swamiji’s love of Brahmo Samaj
(C) Swamiji’s worship of Ramakrishna
(D) Swamiji’s worship of Mother
Ans – (D) Swamiji’s worship of Mother
(১৯) The thing that acted as a ‘veritable charm’ in Swamiji’s life was –
(A) a prayer to mother Kali
(B) a pslam to mother Kali
(C) a song to mother Kali
(D) a chant to mother Kali
Ans – (A) a prayer to mother Kali
(২০) The contents of ‘Voice of the Mother’ was collected by Nivedita from –
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Mother Kali
(C) Sri Ramakrishna
(D) the Upanishads
Ans – (A) Swami Vivekananda
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(২১) Swamiji answered Nivedita’s doubt about animal sacrifice in the temple –
(A) in a few words
(B) elaborately
(C) with argument and reasoning
(D) with long explanations
Ans – (A) in a few words
(২২) Swami Vivekananda learned to recognise God in –
(A) everything good and joyful
(B) both good and evil
(C) evil and bloody things
(D) the terrible things
Ans – (B) both good and evil
(২৩) Swamiji always tried to banish from his own consciousness –
(A) envy and selfishness
(B) greed and egoism
(C) fear and weakness
(D) anger and hatred
Ans – (C) fear and weakness
(২৪) In her earlier life Nivedita was a/an –
(A) traveller
(B) nun
(C) educationist
(D) Evangelist
Ans – (C) educationist
(২৫) Nivedita was personally perplexed during her –
(A) visit to Maharshi
(B) visit to Kalighat
(C) Pilgrimage to Amarnath
(D) lecture at Kalighat
Ans – (C) Pilgrimage to Amarnath
(২৬) Nivedita explained Kali to Swami Vivekananda as –
(A) a terrible goddess
(B) a representation of the evil
(C) the vision of Siva
(D) a feminine power
Ans – (C) the vision of Siva
(২৭) When Nivedita went to visit Maharshi Devendra Nath the latter was –
(A) young
(B) unhappy
(C) busy with activities
(D) old
Ans – (D) old
(২৮) Swamiji believed that he was being guided in every little thing by –
(A) Lord Siva
(B) Sri Ramakrishna
(C) his guardian angel
(D) Mother Kali
Ans – (D) Mother Kali
(২৯) The greatness of Sri Ramakrishna became evident to Swami Vivekananda when he –
(A) First met Sri Ramakrishna
(B) surrendered to Sri Ramakrishna
(C) became a member of Brahmo Samaj
(D) visited America
Ans – (B) surrendered to Sri Ramakrishna
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(৩০) In the end Swami Vivekananda had to accept –
(A) the Vedanta Philosophy
(B) Brahmo religion
(C) Mother Kali
(D) Sri Ramakrishna
Ans – (C) Mother Kali
(৩১) Guru Nanak gave his power to –
(A) his children
(B) his family members
(C) all his disciples
(D) a boy
Ans – (D) a boy
(৩২) The chief disciple of Sri Ramakrishna was called by him as –
(A) Noren
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Swamiji
(D) my child
Ans – (A) Noren
(৩৩) According to sister Nivedita, the struggle that went on in the heart of Swami Vivekananda was between –
(A) Kali and Siva
(B) the Mother and the Brahman
(C) God and humans
(D) the real and the imaginary
Ans – (B) the Mother and the Brahman
(৩৪) Swami Vivekananda explained the image of Kali as a book of –
(A) knowledge
(B) innocence
(C) consciousness
(D) experience
Ans – (D) experience
(৩৫) According to Nivedita, in future the Indians will worship –
(A) Kali
(B) Siva
(C) Rama
(D) Krishna
Ans – (A) Kali
(৩৬) “He was constantly preoccupied with Her”. The word ‘Her’ in this sentence stands for –
(A) Mother Kali
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) Sri Ramakrishna’s wife
(D) Swami Vivekananda’s mother
Ans – (A) Mother Kali
(৩৭) “But not in your Vedanta sense, Noren!”. The name ‘Noren’ belongs to –
(A) Rama Ramakrishna
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Guru Nanak
(D) Rama
Ans – (B) Vivekananda
(৩৮) “How I used to hate Kali!” This was said by –
(A) Sister Nivedita
(B) Maharshi Devendra Nath
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Sri Ramakrishna
Ans – (C) Swami Vivekananda
(৩৯) When did Swami Vivekananda develop the power to enter a Samadhi ?
(A) at the age of ten
(B) in his youth
(C) at the age of eight
(D) at a mature age
Ans – (C) at the age of eight
(৪০) What was Swami Vivekananda’s system of doctrine in England and America ?
(A) Vedas and Upanishads
(B) Advaita Philosophy
(C) realisation of Brahman
(D) worshipping Mother Kali
Ans – (B) Advaita Philosophy
(৪১) Why did Nivedita get ready to go to Kalighat ?
(A) to see the image of Kali
(B) to offer a puja
(C) to meet Maharshi
(D) to lecture on a topic
Ans – (D) to lecture on a topic
(৪২) Who, according to Swamiji, guides him in every little thing ?
(A) Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(B) Mother Goddess
(C) Advaita Philosopher
(D) Guru Nanak
Ans – (B) Mother Goddess
(৪৩) Whom did Sri Ramakrishna dedicate to Mother Kali ?
(A) Sister Nivedita
(B) Maharshi Devendra Nath
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) none of these
Ans – (C) Swami Vivekananda
(৪৪) Where did Nivedita go on a pilgrimage before ?
(A) to Banaras
(B) to Amarnath
(C) to Kalighat
(D) To Dakshineswar
Ans – (B to Amarnath
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(৪৫) A Brahmajnani is a person who –
(A) knows the nature of the world
(B) Knows the whole universe
(C) Has knowledge of Brahman
(D) Knows past, present and future
Ans – (C) Has knowledge of Brahman
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(৪৬) Sadharan Brahmo Samaj was established by –
(A) Anandamohan Basu
(B) Umesh Chandra Dutta
(C) Sivnath Sastri
(D) All of them
Ans – (D) All of them
(৪৭) According to Sister Nivedita, Swamiji’s life without a mention to his worship of the Mother would be –
(A) singularly incomplete
(B) Incomplete
(C) Complete
(D) None of these
Ans – (A) singularly incomplete
(৪৮) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to call Swamiji –
(A) Atmajnani
(B) Brahmajnani
(C) Karmajnani
(D) All of these
Ans – (B) Brahmajnani
(৪৯) Vivekananda had developed the power of entering Samadhi at the age of –
(A) Five
(B) Eight
(C) Nine
(D) Ten
Ans – (B) Eight
(৫০) At the age of eight Swamiji had developed the power of entering –
(A) Atmaupalabdhi or self-realization
(B) Atonement
(C) Nirvana
(D) Samadhi
Ans – (D) Samadhi
(৫১) Swamiji became a formal member of –
(A) The Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
(B) The Ideal Brahmo Samaj
(C) The Conspicuous Brahmo Samaj
(D) None of these
Ans – (A) The Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
(৫২) The only system of doctrine that Swamiji used to hold was –
(A) Nirvana philosophy
(B) Advaita philosophy
(C) Dvaita philosophy
(D) Marxist philosophy
Ans – (B) Advaita philosophy
(৫৩) “I worship the Terrible!”-Here “Terrible” refers to –
(A) Kali
(B) Chandi
(C) Siva
(D) None of these
Ans – (A) Kali
(৫৪) The Story ‘The Swami and Mother Worship’ is written by –
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Iswarchandra vidyasagar
Ans – (B) Sister Nivedita
(৫৫) The story ‘The Swami and Mother Worship’ has been adopted from –
(A) The wings of fire
(B) The Master as I Saw Him
(C) MacBook
(D) None of these
Ans – (B) The Master as I Saw Him