Swami Vivekananda quiz

Where was Swami Vivekananda born? (select all that apply)

• Calcutta, India
• New Delhi, India
• Kolkata, India

• Chennai, India

What was Swami Vivekananda’s birth name?

• Narendranath Banerjee

• Narendranath Datta
• Amit Shah
• Rajiv Gandhi

Complete the name of the sect of Hinduism that influenced Swami Vivekananda

(answer in block letters/all caps)

a) Which ashram/organization did Swami establish?

b) When did he establish the math/monastery of said ashram on the West Banks of the Ganges?

• a) Vivekananda Ashram

  b) 1850

• a) Ramakrishna Monastery

  b) 1905

• a) Swami Sivananda Ashram

  b) 1920

• a) Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

  b) 1899

Where did Swami Vivekananda speak in 1893 that was a pathbreaking speech?

• United Nations General Assembly in New York
• Parliament of the United Kingdom in London
• World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago
• European Parliament in Brussels

True or False:

Due to physical and financial limitations, Swami Vivekananda discontinued the Ramakrishna Mission

• False
• Partially true
• True

In which issues did Swami Vivekananda make great reforms? (select all that apply)

• Global Warming

• Illiteracy

• Caste discrimination

• Political corruption

True or False and correct the false statement :

a) The Brahmo Samaj demoted rituals, priesthoods and sacrifices

b) In his youth, Swami was also influenced by the great musician, MS Subbulakshmi

• B is false but A is true

  B: great mystic Sri Ramakrishna

• Both are false

• Both are true

• A is false but B is true

  A: The Brahmo Samaj promoted rituals…