WorksheetsHinduism: A Religion to Live By
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What radical revision about the Aryans is discussed in Nirad C. Chaudhuri's work "Hinduism: A Religion to Live By"?
The Aryans were the original founders of Hinduism.
The Aryans' religious traditions do not fit into neat evolutionary categories.
The Aryans had a written language from the beginning.
The Aryans' texts were all accurately dated.
Which method of dating Hindu literature was introduced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?
The comparative-religion approach
The evolutionary approach
The fixed archaeological points approach
The religious dates approach
What is the earliest time period for inscriptions containing Sanskrit words according to the text?
Before the first century BCE
During the first century BCE
From the second century BCE to the fourth century AD
After the fifth century AD
According to the text, what do the Greek and Roman authors confirm about Hinduism?
They confirm the names of Hindu gods like Shiva and Krishna.
They confirm the existence of a small priestly class known as Brahmins.
They confirm the abundance of Buddhist art from earlier periods.
They confirm the exact dates of Hindu texts.
According to Fa-Hien, what did the fifth century AD Chinese writer describe in detail?
The persecution of Buddhists by Hindus
The comprehensive account of Indian life and customs
The similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism
The motivations of religious between Hindus and Buddhists
What did Yuan-Chwang, another Chinese writer, describe about the Ganges river?
It was a source of conflict between Hindus and Buddhists
It was central to Hindu life and worshipped by Hindus
It was only used for transportation
It was not significant in the religious practices of Hindus
What are the three forms of religious practice identified in the Hinduism of this period?
Yoga in its various forms, temple rituals, and the adoration of images of the gods/great teachers
Sacrifices, meditation, and community festivals
Pilgrimages, fasting, and the study of sacred texts
Temple construction, philosophical debates, and seasonal festivals
What is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism mentioned in the text?
It has a developed theology
It is bound together by certain underlying assumptions and common mythological stories
It includes intellectually challenging philosophical systems
It recognizes six orthodox schools of philosophy
Which school of Hindu philosophy is best known in the Western world?
Upanishads
Yoga
Vedanta
Sankhya
What does Yoga teach about the cycle of births and deaths?
It is an endless cycle that cannot be broken
It is a cycle that should be embraced and accepted
It is a cycle that can be broken through liberation for the soul
It is a cycle that is not significant in the practice of Yoga
What did Ram Mohan Roy aim to remove from Hindu life through his reforms?
The practice of yoga
The worship of idols
Practices such as suttee and aspects of the caste system
The belief in multiple gods
Who founded the Aryan Society in 1875?
Swami Vivekananda
Ramakrishna
Sarasvati
Radhakrishnan
Which Hindu reformer's ideas were compared to the philosophical ideals of the German thinker Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel?
Ram Mohan Roy
Sarasvati
Swami Vivekananda
Radhakrishnan
Who became the Indian prime minister from 1962–67 and later came to the United States to found the Hare Krishna movement in 1966?
Ram Mohan Roy
Swami Vivekananda
Sarasvati
Radhakrishnan
