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HINDUISM

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Sanantana Dharma," the formal name of Hinduism, means__________

a)

Divine Light

b)

Eternal Religion

c)

Way of Truth

d)

Holy Religion

2.

Belief in the incarnations of a deity in different manifestations and personalities is called _______.

a)

Bhakti`

b)

Yogi

c)

Avatara

d)

Reincarnation

3.

The ______ scripture is "that which is heard."

a)

Darshan

b)

Smriti

c)

Sruti

d)

Yoga

4.

The highest god in the Hindu pantheon and one of the Trimuty is _______.

a)

Brahma

b)

Lakshmi

c)

Siva

d)

Brahman

5.

The Shudras caste was renamed _____ by Mahatma Gandhi in protest of the injustice.

a)

Prasad

b)

Harijans

c)

Puja

d)

Jati

6.

The first receivers of Vedic knowledge who supposedly heard them from the gods were the ______.

a)

Sadhus

b)

Prophets

c)

Brahmins

d)

Rishis

7.

The three most powerful gods in Hinduism are called the ______.

a)

Vedas

b)

Moksha

c)

Kali

d)

Trimurthi

8.

A type of yoga that encourages a worshiper to offer love and devotion to a god/goddess is ________.

a)

Atharva Yoga

b)

Bhakti Yoga

c)

Karma Yoga

d)

Jnana Yoga

9.

The highest and purest of all castes is the _______ caste.

a)

Shudra

b)

Kshatriya

c)

Brahmin

d)

Vaishya

10.

The Hindu Festival of Light is called ________.

a)

Holi

b)

Lohari

c)

Kumbha Mela

d)

Divali/Diwali

11.

Liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is called ______.

a)

Moksha

b)

Yoga

c)

Puranas

d)

Karma

12.

______ is worshipped as the "Mother Goddess" by most Hindus.

a)

Kali

b)

Lakshmi

c)

Sarasvati

d)

Parvati

13.

The text _______ is called the "Fifth Vedas" because of its comprehensiveness.

a)

Mahabharata

b)

Bahagavad Gita

c)

Puranas

d)

Atharva Veda

14.

The school in Hindu thought that is most concerned with logic and establishment of proof is the _______school.

a)

Nyaya

b)

Vedanta

c)

Samkhya

d)

Yoga

15.

An offering given by a devotee to a god/goddess is called ______

a)

Love

b)

Samsara

c)

Bhakti

d)

Puja

16.

The Smriti scriptures is considered secondary to Sruti scriptures because _______.

a)

they are human origin

b)

they were written later than the Sruti scriptures

c)

they are longer

d)

both A and B

17.

"Bhagavad Gita" means ________.

a)

Song of the Enlightened one

b)

Song of Joy

c)

Song of Thanksgiving

d)

Song of the Lord

18.

The last book to be written before the closing of the Vedic and Brahamanical Period is the _______.

a)

Upanishads

b)

Yajur Veda

c)

Rig Veda

d)

Atharva Veda

19.

Mahatma Gandhi's embracing of nonviolence is founded on the Hindu concept of ________.

a)

Sanyasa

b)

Ahimsa

c)

Vedanta

d)

Puja

20.

The _______ school establishes the foundations of interpreting Vedic texts that has been employed by other schools of thought.

a)

Vedanta

b)

Vaisheshika

c)

Mimamsa

d)

Samkhya