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Week 2 Introducing Sikhism

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which country did Sikhism start?
a)
Pakistan
b)
The Punjab area of Pakistan and India
c)
India
d)
Nepal
2.

In what year did Sikhism start, approximately?

a)

1469 BC

b)

1469

c)

469 BC

d)

469 AD

3.

How young a religion is Sikhism in the world?

a)

Youngest

b)

Third youngest

c)

Fourth youngest

d)

Fifth youngest

4.
Number of Sikhs in the world and percentage of Sikhs in India and in the Punjab
a)
25 million/2%/60%
b)
250 million/20%/600%
c)
2.5 million/0.2%/0.6%
5.
How big a religion is Sikhism in the world?
a)
Largest
b)
Third largest
c)
Fourth largest
d)
Fifth largest
6.
Where do most Sikhs live?
a)
North America
b)
East Asia
c)
Europe
d)
Africa
7.

What does the word ´Sikh´ mean?

a)

Thinker

b)

Leaner

c)

Learner

d)

Risk-taker

8.
To understand the Sikhs, you have to understand their relationship with?
a)
the Gurus
b)
India
c)
The Hari Mandir
9.
What do Sikhs call ´a teacher or a spiritual guide´?
a)
A Guru
b)
The Hari Mandir
c)
The Punjab
10.
The Guru teaches and the Sikh learns, but how many Gurus do Sikhs learn from?
a)
100
b)
10
c)
1
d)
1000
11.
Who is the first Guru?
a)
Guru Punjab
b)
Guru Mandir
c)
Guru Nanak
d)
Guru Robert
12.

True or false? Guru Nanak is the most important Guru because he is the founder of Sikhism

a)

True

b)

False

13.

When and where was Guru Nanak born?

a)

1469 BC, near Lhasa, Tibet

b)

469 BC, near Khatmandu, Nepal

c)

1469, near Lahore, Pakistan

14.

What was the problem when Nanak worked for the government?

a)

He saw exploitation of the workers

b)

He saw too much equality

c)

He didn´t think that the government was corrupt enough

d)

He wanted to play tennis instead of working

15.

When Nanak worked for the government, he hated seeing exploitation of ordinary working people and he hated seeing caste divisons, but what is a caste division?

a)

A social class division

b)

A division in a castle

c)

A disagreement between actors in a film

16.
Who said this and when? ´There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim. There is only one God´
a)
Guru Nanak, after he returned from God´s court for three days
b)
Guru Mandir, after bathing in a river near Sultanpur
c)
Guru Punjab, after working for the government
17.
After he spoke to God, what was Nanak for and against?
a)
For: caste (or class), ethnic and religious divisions Against: equality of mankind
b)
For: equality of mankind. Against: caste (or class), ethnic and religious divisions
c)
For: Punjab area of Pakistan Against: Punjab area of India
18.
True or false? The 9 Gurus after Nunak also preached the same as Guru Nanak: that there is only one God and that all humans are equal
a)
False
b)
True
19.
Who was the tenth and final human guru
a)
Guru Granth Sahib
b)
Guru Mughal
c)
Guru Gobund Rai, who was the son of the ninth Guru that was killed
20.
Guru Gobund Rai ended human gurus by making what the last living Guru?
a)
The Hari Mandir
b)
The Sikh holy book the Guru Granth Sahib
c)
Guru Nanak
21.

Guru Gobund Rai also started a new Sikh community, called what?

a)

The Punjab

b)

The Mughal

c)

The Khalsa

d)

The Guru Granth Sahib

22.
What is the holiest site in Sikhism called?
a)
the Guru Granth Sahib
b)
Guru Nanak
c)
The Hari Mandir
23.
What are three of Sikhism´s beliefs?
a)
Love, Peace, Equality of mankind
b)
Inequality of mankind, caste (or class), ethnic and religious divisions
c)
There are Hindus, there are Muslims, there is more than one God