The Swami and Mother Worship MCQ
The Master as I Saw Him – Chapter – XI
The Swami and Mother Worship
Sister Nivedita [1867-1911]
MCQ – 1 Mark
1. The text ‘The Swami and Mother Worship’ is taken from
(A) Wings of Fire
(B) Kali the Mother
(C) The Alchemist
(D) The Master as I Saw Him.
2. The text ‘The Swami and Mother Worship’ deals with the life of
(A) Sri Ramkrishna
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Swami’s mother.
3. Swami Vivekananda was born a/an
(A) ordinary
(B) monk
(C) meritorious
(D) Brahmajnani.
4. Swami Vivekananda had developed the power of entering
(A) cave
(B) temple
(C) tunnel
(D) Samadhi.
5. Swami Vivekananda had developed the power of entering Samadhi at the age of
(A) seven
(B) eight
(C) nine
(D) ten.
6. Swami Vivekananda had been under the influence of
(A) Sri Ramkrishna
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Sister Nivedita
(D) Swami Samarth.
7. Sri Ramkrishna cast on impact on Swami Vivekananda in his
(A) infancy
(B) youth
(C) middle age
(D) old age.
8. Swami Vivekananda became a member of
(A) the Brahmo Samaj
(B) the Brahmo Samity
(C) the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
(D) the Asiatic Society.
9. Swami Vivekananda was never known to preach in the countries
(A) Australia
(B) England
(C) America
(D) both England and America.
10. Swami Vivekananda’s realization of Brahman was
(A) instructional
(B) narrative
(C) beseeching
(D) appealing.
11. Swami Vivekananda’s doctrine was
(A) the Advaita philosophy
(B) the Platonic philosophy
(C) the Aristotelian philosophy
(D) the Buddhist philosophy.
12. Swami Vivekananda’s soul spiritual authority was
(A) the Vedas
(B) the Upanishads
(C) the Bible
(D) both (A) and (B).
13. The only one word which was always on Swami Vivekananda’s lips was
(A) Father
(B) Mother
(C) God
(D) Ramkrishna.
14. Swami always spoke the word ‘Mother’ in
(A) England
(B) America
(C) Australia
(D) India.
15. “He spoke to Her…” Here ‘Her’ refers to
(A) Sister Nivedita
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Kali the Mother
(D) Sarada Devi.
16. Swami Vivekananda was preoccupied with
(A) Ramkrishna Paramhamsa
(B) Sarada Devi
(C) Jesus Christ
(D) Kali the Mother.
17. Sometimes, Swami Vivekananda would be
(A) naughty
(B) rebellious
(C) arrogant
(D) both (A) and (B).
18. Swami Vivekananda entrusted a prayer to Kali to
(A) a priest
(B) a disciple
(C) a prophet
(D) a pilgrim.
19. The right hand of Kali the Mother raised in
(A) curse
(B) blessing
(C) regret
(D) consolation.
20. The Goddess Kali holds in her left hand
(A) knife
(B) blessing
(C) sword
(D) curse.
21. The intensity of Swami Vivekananda’s feeling sometimes becomes
(A) sonnet
(B) lyric
(C) half-lyric
(D) ode.
22. The knife of Goddess Kali flashes
(A) red
(B) blood-red
(C) black
(D) pink color.
23. Swami Vivekananda worshipped
(A) The Terrible
(B) The Beauty
(C) The Danger
(D) The Nature.
24. Swami Vivekananda was the disciple of
(A) Kali the Mother
(B) Sri Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(C) Sarada Devi
(D) Swami Brahmananda.
25. Swami Vivekananda dwelt on the worship of
(A) the Worst
(B) the Best
(C) the Terrible
(D) the Nature.
26. “They put a garland of flowers around Thy neck…” Here ‘Thy’ refers to
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(C) Kali the Mother
(D) Sister Nivedita.
27. People call Kali
(A) the Mother
(B) the Merciful
(C) the Greatest
(D) the Powerful.
28. The stern words of Swami Vivekananda were
(A) to seek life not death
(B) to seek death not life
(C) to seek truth
(D) to seek light not darkness.
29. Swami Vivekananda wanted to become one with
(A) the Terrible
(B) the Peace
(C) the Danger
(D) the Nature.
30. Sister Nivedita’s personal perplexity was associated with the memory of the pilgrimage of
(A) Kedarnath
(B) Badrinath
(C) Sarnath
(D) Amarnath.
31. “I did of our Master’s life and thought.” Here ‘Master’ refers to
(A) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(B) Swami Brahmananda
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Jesus Christ.
32. “………he was without knowing it a born educator.” Here ‘a born educator’ refers to
(A) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(B) Swami Brahmananda
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Jesus Christ.
33. Oneday Swami Vivekananda along with Sister Nivedita went to Jorasanko to meet
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
(C) Abindranath Tagore
(D) Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
34. The narrator was about to lecture at
(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) Kalighat
(D) Dakshineswar.
35. In ‘Swami and Mother Worship’ Swami Vivekananda mentioned a poem written by
(A) Robert Browning
(B) John Claire
(C) Colonel Hay
(D) Sarojini Naidu.
36. Swami Vivekananda believed in
(A) Brahman and the Gods
(B) Brahman and anything else
(C) the Gods and anything else
(D) Brahman.
37. Swami Vivekananda dropped into a mood of
(A) soliloquy
(B) half-soliloquy
(C) thoughtfulness
(D) happiness.
38. “How I used to hate Kali!” This was said by
(A) Sister Nivedita
(B) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(C) Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
(D) Swami Vivekananda.
39. Swami Vivekananda was dedicated to Goddess Kali by
(A) Sarada Devi
(B) Bhuvaneswari Devi
(C) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(D) his father.
40. “At that time I thought him a brain-sick baby” Here the ‘brain-sick baby’ refers to
(A) Sarada Devi
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(D) Maharishi Devendranath Tagore.
41. Ramkrishna Paramhansa lived only __________ after making Vivekananda over to Goddess Kali.
(A) two years
(B) five years
(C) ten years
(D) fifteen years
42. Guru Nanak was the founder of
(A) Hinduism
(B) Buddhism
(C) Jainism
(D) Sikhism.
43. Ideally, Guru Nanak was like
(A) Sister Nivedita
(B) Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(C) Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
(D) Swami Vivekananda.
44. Besides Goddess Kali Vivekananda also believed in
(A) Brahman
(B) Jainism
(C) Buddhism
(D) Sikhism.
45. Swami Vivekananda had returned from a pilgrimage in
(A) Russia
(B) Ladakh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Kashmir.
46. “…..turning to his chief disciple” Who is the ‘chief disciple’ referred to here
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) Sarada Devi
(D) Sri Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
47. From a different perspective, either _____________ must become Brahman or Brahman, the Mother.
(A) Father
(B) pious man
(C) Mother
(D) devotee.
48. “One of the two must melt into the other.” Here ‘two’ refers to
(A) Mother and Father
(B) Mother and Grandmother
(C) Father and Grandfather
(D) Mother and Brahman.
49. “I saw him in my Master’s attitude.” Here ‘Master’ refers to
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Sri Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
50. Veda-like words are found in
(A) the Bible
(B) the Ramayana
(C) the Mahabharata
(D) the Gita.
51. Sister Nivedita saw each day how Swami Vivekananda himself was turning the pages of the book of
(A) nature
(B) the Gita
(C) experience
(D) none of these.
