Hinduism True or False Quiz

The triple deity represents the sign of the cross. T or F

• True

• False

Married women may mark their foreheads with a ________ to signify they are married.

Puja, the most common form of home worship may entail:

• Removal of shoes before worship

• Place offerings (flowers, food, clarified butter etc.) on a tray near the shrine and present them to the deities (murtis)

• Both a and b are correct

Hindu worship at temple includes:

• Prayers that are led by the oldest boy in the family

• It doesn't include anything because Hindu’s do not go to a temple

• Worshipers sing and clap while the priest circles the lamp around the deities

In the caste system the fifth group of humanity are called untouchables because:

• Their occupations such as tanning leather, removing dead animals, washing toilets.

• They don’t like to be touched

• There is no fifth group

Navaratri — Nine Nights Festival includes:

• Stage decorations, recitals of myths/enacting the goddesses stories

• Fasting for 24 hours

• A huge pie eating contest

What does the Hindu Triad symbolize?

• Past, present, and future

• Creation, preservation, and destruction

• Earth, water, and fire

• Mind, body, and soul

What is the term for the eternal cycle of birth, death, and rebirth in Hinduism?

• Karma

• Dharma

• Samsara

• Moksha

Which Hindu god is known as "The Destroyer"?

• Brahma

• Vishnu

• Shiva

• Krishna

In Hindu philosophy, what is Brahman?

• The highest caste

• The ultimate reality or universal soul

• The god of creation

• The sacred language of Hindu texts