Inside the CTA: Religion and Culture
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Under what name did this department start work in exile on 27 April 1959?
- AOffice of Culture
- BCouncil for Religious Affairs
- CMonastic Board
- DMinistry of Dharma
- 2Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which town did it first open its office?
- ADelhi
- BSarnath
- CDharamsala
- DMussoorie
- 3Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the department's main aim?
- ACollect taxes
- BGuard the border
- CRun hospitals
- DPreserve and promote Tibetan religion and culture
- 4Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
How many monasteries are affiliated with the department?
- A53
- B153
- C253
- D353
- 5Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
How many nunneries are affiliated with the department?
- A63
- B100
- C12
- D36
- 6Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which institute, founded in 1959, teaches Tibetan dance, opera and performing arts?

- ATibet House
- BMen-Tsee-Khang
- CTIPA (Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts)
- DNorbulingka Institute
- 7Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) keeps rare books, manuscripts and thangkas. When was it founded?

- A1959
- B2005
- C1990
- D1971
- 8Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Norbulingka Institute (1995) has schools for which arts?

- AFootball and cricket
- BMedicine and astrology
- CFilm and TV
- DThangka painting, embroidery and metal carving
- 9Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS) was first called what?
- ATibet University
- BSarnath College
- CCentral Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
- DNalanda Academy
- 10Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What does the department give to young monks and nuns who escape from Tibet?

- AA monthly stipend so they can study in a monastery
- BA job in a bank
- CA plane ticket home
- DNothing
- 11Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which people does the department also look after?
- AFootball players
- BOld, sick and poor monks and nuns, and those in retreat
- CBusiness owners
- DForeign tourists
- 12Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
His Holiness started the Religious Conference of all Tibetan traditions in which year?
- A2001
- B1961
- C1951
- D1981
- 13Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which tradition joins the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism at the Religious Conference?
- ABon
- BTheravada
- CZen
- DJain
- 14Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The stupa project begun in 2014 builds how many stupas at the holy places of the Buddha?

- AEight
- BTwelve
- CFour
- D108
- 15Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The eight stupas are a symbol of gratitude to whom?
- ATibet Support Groups
- BThe Government and people of India
- CThe United Nations
- DThe Mongolian people
- 16Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which section keeps the historic documents of the CTA and helps researchers?
- ACulture Section
- BScholarship Section
- CArchives Section
- DPrayer Section
- 17Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Monks and nuns from which two countries get scholarships to study in Tibetan monasteries?
- AJapan and Korea
- BRussia and Mongolia
- CChina and Taiwan
- DThailand and Laos
- 18Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The first Summer Immersion Programme (2022, Sarah) was made for whom?

- ATibetan students in Indian private schools
- BForeign tourists
- CElderly monks
- DGovernment staff
- 19Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which great prayer gathering does the department organise every year?

- AChotrul Monlam Chenmo
- BOngkor harvest festival
- CIce festival
- DHorse race festival
