Try out this interesting quiz on Mahavir Jayanti and test your knowledge about the occassion. For each correct entry, you will be credited with a point. Anything above 6 points is just great! So put your braincells to some real exercise and think out the answers.

1. Mahavir Jayanti is the
[A] Birth anniversary of Hanuman [B] Day of Mahavir's Nirvana
[C] Birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir [D] None of them

2. Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated in the month of
[A] Chaitra [B] Baisakh [C] Kartik [D] None of them

3. Lord Mahavir was the son of
[A] Devavrata and Trisala [B] Siddhartha and Trisala [C] Sidhartha and Hemanti [D] None of them

4. Vardhman Mahavir was the
[A] 20th Tirthankara of the Jains [B] 24th Tirthankara of the Jains [C] 34th Tirthankara of the Jains [D] None of them

5. At what age did Mahavir become an ascetic?
[A] At the age of 30 [B] At the age of 15 [C] At the age of 50 [D] None of them

6. Why do Jain monks cover their mouth with a fine cloth?
[A] To maintain silence [B] To avoid infections [C] To avoid involuntary killing of germs [D] None of them

7. According to the Digambar school of Jainism, Lord Mahavir was born in
[A] 715 BC [B] 615 BC [C] 500 BC [D] None of them

8. Jainism does not believe in:
[A] God [B] Salvation [C] Self Conquest [D] None of them