Quiz on Hinduism with Answers

RELIGION Quiz

Quiz on Hinduism

by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central School, Bhutan

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1.      Name the world's third largest religion after Christianity and Islam.

2.      Which religion is the dominant religion in India, Nepal, and among the Tamils in Sri Lanka?

3.      What is Rig Veda all about?

4.      What is the Bhagavad Gita all about?

5.      What is the most important of all Hindu texts?

6.      Which Veda defines caste in Hinduism into four castes?

7.      Name all the four castes in Hinduism in decreasing status?

8.      Who are Brahmins in Hinduism?

9.      Who are Kshatriyas in Hinduism?

10.  Who are the Vaishyas in Hinduism?

11.  Who are Sudras in Hinduism?

12.  Who were outcasts who do not belong to any one of the castes?

13.  What is Sanatana Dharma about?

14.  What is Vaidika Dharma about?

15.  Who brought Vedism in India in 1500 BCE?

16.  The classical theory of the origins of Hinduism traces the religion's roots to what civilization?

17.  Who is Brahma in Hinduism?

18.  Who is Vishnu in Hinduism?

19.  What is Dharma in Hinduism?

20.  How human are perceived in Hinduism?

21.  What is Karma all about in Hinduism?

22.  Who is Shiva in Hinduism?

23.  What are the two major divisions within Hinduism?

24.  What is Shivaism all about in Hinduism?

25.  What is Vaishnavaism all about in Hinduism?

26.  What does Karma determine in Hinduism?

27.  Which religion can be looked upon as a monotheist, Trinitarian, or polytheistic religion?

28.  According to Hinduism, how can one be reborn at a lower level, or even as an animal?

29.   According to Hinduism, how can one be reborn at a higher level?

30.   From where was the Transcendental Meditation derived?

31.  What do you mean by the Hindus saying: "Ekam Sataha Vipraha Bahudha Vadanti”?

32.  What is seen as natural consequences for ones previous acts, both in this life and in previous lives in Hinduism?

33.  Which Veda compiles magic spells?

34.  Which Vedas are the books of hymns?

35.  What is Samhita?

36.  How many Vedas are there in Hinduism?

37.  What is the Veda?

38.  Name all Vedas in Hinduism?

39.  What are the Upanishads?

40.  To which mythology does Skanda belong?

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Answer

1.      Hinduism

2.      Hinduism

3.      It is a collection of over a thousand hymns

4.      It is a poem describing a conversation between a warrior Arjuna and his charioteer Krishna

5.      The Bhagavad Gita

6.      The Rigveda

7.      Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Sudras

8.      They are the priests and academics

9.      They are rulers and military

10.  They are farmers, landlords, and merchants

11.  They are peasants, servants, and workers in non-polluting jobs

12.  The Dalit

13.  Eternal religion

14.  Religion of the Vedas

15.  Aryan- Indo-European

16.  The Indus valley civilization circa 4000 to 2200 BCE

17.  The Creator who is continuing to create new realities

18.  The Preserver, who preserves these new creations

19.  It is the eternal order, righteousness, religion, law and duty.

20.  Humans are perceived as being trapped in samsara, a meaningless cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth

21.  It is the accumulated sum of one’s good and bad deeds

22.   The Destroyer, is at times compassionate, erotic and destructive

23.   Vaishnavaism and Shivaism

24.   It generally regards Shiva as the ultimate deity

25.   It generally regards Vishnu as the ultimate deity

26.   Karma determines how we will live our next life

27.   Hinduism

28.   Bad deeds

29.   Through pure acts, thoughts and devotion

30.   From the Hindu technique of meditation

31.   The truth is one, but different Sages call it by Different names

32.   The unequal distribution of wealth, prestige, and suffering

33.  The Atharva-Veda

34.   The books of hymns are:

·         The Rig-Veda,

·         The Sama-Veda, and

·         The Yajur-Veda

35.   Vedas make up the Samhita, a collection of prayers and hymns that are considered to be revelations of eternal truth written by seer-poets inspired by the gods

36.   Four

37.   The sacred scripture of Hinduism

38.  Vedas in Hinduism are:

·         The Rig-Veda,

·         the Sama-Veda,

·         the Yajur-Veda, and

·         the Atharva-Veda

39.   The basis of Hindu religion and philosophy that form the final portion of the Veda

40. Hindu