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1 SATSANG SIKSHAN PARIKSHA Bochasanwasi Shri Aksharpurushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad SATSANG PARICHAY - 1 Sunday, 11 th March 2007 Time: 9.00 to am Total Marks: 75 The examinee should personally apply the sticker bearing his/her details. Answer book without sticker will be invalid. Apply sticker here for Parichay-1 (Eng.) Do not apply sticker of absent examinees. Please do not damage in any way the bar code on the student details sticker. Examinee only Age of Examinee... Education of Examinee... Exam Supervisor should only sign after checking the sticker and the written details above. Signature of Exam Supervisor... For Moderation Dept. Question No. (Marks) 1 (9) 2 (6) 3 (5) 4 (5) 5 (5) 6 (5) Section-1, Total Marks For Moderation Dept. Question No. (Marks) 7 (9) 8 (6) 9 (5) 10 (5) 11 (5) Section-2, Total Marks Examiner's Signature... Please follow the instructions written on the back side. For Moderation Dept. ÕflıÂfi Ï Î ÎÀı applehî ÂOÿ Î_ «ı fl - fiî ŒflÌ ÎÁfiÎfl Áapple flı applehî Question No. (Marks) 12 (10) Section-3, Total Marks Marks Obtained Marks Obtained Marks Obtained

2 Marks: Q.1 SSP /March 2007/400 Parichay - 1 SECTION-1: SAHAJANAND CHARITRA Q.1 In the sentences below, state who is speaking to whom and when. (Total Marks: 9) 1. The problems of a blind woman are especially grave. Who is speaking... To whom... When If you sincerely wish to be in the Satsang you should strictly adhere to the rules of Satsang. Who is speaking... To whom... When How many verses (shloks) do you know by heart? Who is speaking... To whom... When After checking, from the total marks (9) for Q. 1 place the marks obtained by the student here. Q.2 Give reasons for the following (two to three lines each). (Total Marks: 6) 1. The Nawab of Junagadh saw God in Shriji Maharaj. 2. Bhattji's difficulty was solved. 501/2

3 Marks: Q.2 Q.3 3. Mr. Dunlop fell at the feet of Shriji Maharaj. After checking, from the total marks (6) for Q. 2 place the marks obtained by the student here. Q.3 Write briefly five main points (in sentences) on any ONE incident. (Narration not required.) (Total Marks: 5) 1. Perfection through purification. 2. Preached what he practiced. 3. Birth of the Shikshapatri. Incident: After checking, from the total marks (5) for Q. 3 place the marks here. 5 Marks Q.4 Answer ALL of the following, using one sentence (not just one word) for each answer. (Total Marks: 5) 1. Through whom did Shriji Maharaj remove the jivas from Yam Lok? 501/3 2. Where did Shriji Maharaj consecrate the murti of Gopinath? 3. Where and in which year was the first shikharbaddh mandir in the history of the Swaminarayan Satsang built?

4 Marks: Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 4. Who became blind trying to test Shriji Maharaj? 5. Whom did Shriji Maharaj cover with the coarse blanket? After checking, from the total marks (5) for Q. 4 place the marks obtained by the student here. Q.5 State whether the following statements are True or False and rewrite the False statements. (Total Marks: 5) 1. Shriji Maharaj named Lalji Suthar Advaitanand. 2. Muktanand Swami won the debate at Bhuj. 3. In Junagadh Maharaj has consecrated the murti of Ranchhod-Trikamji. 4. Abhel Khachar was addicted to opium and tobacco. 5. During the famine of 1869 the three rooms of Dada Khachar's darbar were named 'Gujarat', 'Kathiawad' and 'Kutch'. After checking, from the total marks (5) for Q. 5 place the marks obtained by the student here. Q.6 Fill in the blanks. (Total Marks: 5) 1. Shriji Maharaj first arrived in Gadhada due to the request of When he fell ill at Jaliya, Shriji Maharaj did not take any food for... days was surprised to see a Muslim, Kathi, Koli, and Baniya come together. 4. Shriji Maharaj consecrated the murtis of Nar-Narayan Dev in Bhuj on the fifth day of Vaishakh sud, Samvat On the 12th day of Ashwin sud, Samvat..., the murtis were installed in Gadhada. After checking, from the total marks (5) for Q. 6 place the marks obtained by the student here. 501/4

5 Marks: Q.7 Q.8 SECTION-2: SATSANG READER PART-II Q.7 In the sentences below, state who is speaking to whom and when. (Total Marks: 9) 1. You aren't well and yet you are talking of going to Salemal Mountain? Who is speaking... To whom... When You haven't taken food for thirteen days. Please do eat something. Who is speaking... To whom... When We had asked you to go to Junagadh if you were interested in becoming a renunciant." Who is speaking... To whom... When After checking, from the total marks (9) for Q. 7 place the marks obtained by the student here. Q.8 Give reasons for the following (two to three lines each). (Total Marks: 6) 1. Krishnaji Ada severed relations with Himrajbhai forever. 2. Laduba began to take care of the buffalo at home. 3. Shriji Maharaj felt that Premanand Swami deserved prostration from him. After checking, from the total marks (6) for Q. 8 place the marks obtained by the student here. 501/5

6 Q.9 From the following sentences choose FIVE correct sentences. (Write the sentence numbers only) (Total Marks: 5) Topic: Dada Khachar 1. "Please stop now, Maharaj is calling me." 2. "Dinanath! why are you here?" 3. "You celebrate the Diwali Festival. I will manage this alone." 4. "I will go to Bhavnagar and serve the king." 5. "All the preparations were made to hunt a hare, but there turned out a lion." 6. "We haven't refused him. Call him to me." 7. "Look here, how much faith this man has in me?" 8. Dada Khachar had an intense desire to be a sadhu. 9. Dada Khachar's mother's name was Somadevi. 10. Shriji Maharaj arranged Dada Khachar's marriage to Jasuba. Sentence no. Marks: Q.9 Q.10 Q.11 After checking, from the total marks (5) for Q. 9 place the marks here. 5 Marks Q.10 Answer ALL of the following, using one sentence (not just one word) for each answer. (Total Marks: 5) 1. What three things did Jaga Swami forbid to see? 2. What was Krishnaji Ada's favourite couplet? 3. Who had drunk dudhpak made with salt instead of sugar? 4. What special niyam did Premanand Swami take during Chaturmas? 5. Write any two scriptures written by Nityanand Swami in Sanskrit? After checking, from the total marks (5) for Q. 10 place the marks obtained by the student here. Q.11 Pick the correct option from list 'B' for list 'A' and write only the answer number in the given box. (Total Marks: 5) 'A' 'B' 1. Mulji Brahmchari 1. Premlakshana Bhakti 2. Premanand Swami 2. Swami is Akshar and Maharaj is Purushottam 3. Laduba 3. In all three states he is concentrating on me 4. Krishnaji Ada 4. Narayankavach 5. Nityanand Swami 5. He is influencing the mare After checking, from the total marks (5) for Q. 11 place the marks obtained by the student here. 501/6

7 SECTION-3: ESSAY Q.12 Write an essay on any ONE of the following. (In approximately 30 lines.) (Total Marks: 10) 1. Pramukh Swami Maharaj - An ever-flowing river of inspiration 2. The great history of BAPS 3. What is true beauty? Inner beauty or outer beauty. Essay: ( ) /7

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9 Marks: Q /9 After checking, from the total marks (10) for Q. 12 place the marks here. 10 Marks