Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Question:

Out of the given options, choose the most appropriate information about the Ajivikas.

A. Ajivikas are also known as fatalists.
B. Ajita Kesakambalai belonged to Ajivika sect.
C. Ajivika monks and nuns took five vows.
D. Ajivikas believed that everything is predetermined.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

A and D only

B and C only

A and C only

A and B only

Correct Answer:

A and D only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - A and D only

Given statements in the question:

A. Ajivikas are also known as fatalists. (Correct about Ajivikas)
B. Ajita Kesakambalai belonged to Ajivika sect.
C. Ajivika monks and nuns took five vows.
D. Ajivikas believed that everything is predetermined. (Correct about Ajivikas)

Makkhali Gosala belonged to the tradition of the Ajivikas. They have often been described as fatalists: those who believe that everything is predetermined.

 

Correction in the incorrect statements:

B. Ajita Kesakambalai belonged to the tradition of the Lokayatas, NOT Ajivika sect.
C. Jaina monks and nuns took five vows, not Ajivika monks and nuns. (Jaina monks and nuns took five vows: to abstain from killing, stealing and lying; to observe celibacy; and to abstain from possessing property)