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WorksheetsOrigins of Hindu India
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 35mins
The lowest varna in Indian society comprised of peasants or servants is the
Kshatriyas.
Sudras.
Untouchables
Vaisyas
The social group in Indian society comprised of commoners who are merchants and farmers is called the
Brahmins.
Kshatriyas
Vaisyas.
Sudras.
Vedic Aryans viewed a proper, ordered society as made up of four groups, which they called:
Vedas
Brahman
Varnas
Society
Brahmins:
mouth: teach,advice
arms;defend,protect
legs; supply needs
warriors and landowners
Which of the following developed because most Indians could not relate to the idea of Brahman?
human-like gods
the atma
the Jati
Sanskrit
Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer were
the chief Hindu gods.
Untouchables.
writers of the Vedas.
Brahmins.
Kshatriyas were:
those settle on soils
holders of authority
hindu gods
priests
Four types of yogas which Hindus practice to achieve spiritual union are the path of knowledge, the path of love, the path of work, and the path of
meditatation.
dharma.
jati
reincarnation.
Hindus strive to leave behind the cycle of earthly life and achieve unity with a form of ultimate reality called
Shiva.
Brahman.
Krishna.
Vishnu
In Indian society, a person's caste determined
whether a person would be a Hindu or a Buddhist.
how a person would be reincarnated.
which god or goddess a person could worship.
what type of job a person could have and who the person could marry.
Hindus believe that a person's actions in this life
are predicted in the Bhagavad Gita.
lie outside the individual's power of control.
determine how the person will be reborn in the next life.
are not important in reaching ultimate reality.
A person's caste in Indian society was determined by
education
birth
personality characteristics.
achievements
The words from the Bhagavad Gita, “Worn out garments are shed by the body/Worn out bodies are shed by the dweller within the body [the soul],” express the Hindu idea of:
varna.
reincarnation.
dharma
karma
Chilodhood and Youth:
Householder(Grihastha)
Student (Brehmacharin)
Hermit
Ascetic
Old age:
Ascetic
Hermit
Brahmacharin
Householder
