World Religions Quiz

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World Religions questions and answers

Ques. Who defined ‘religion as an attitude towards superhuman powers?’
(a) Mac Iver
(b) Page
(c) Ogburn
(d) Gandhi

Ans. (c)

Ques. What has been a state religion in Japan?
(a) Confucianism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Shintoism
(d) Islam

Ans. (c)

Ques. The Mahayana text belongs to which religion
(a) Jainism
(b) Sikhism
(c) Buddhism
(d) Christian

Ans. (c)

Ques. The concept of Dharma was followed by
(a) Buddhism
(b) Jainism
(c) Hinduism
(d) All these

Ans. (d)

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Ques. What is the holy book of Shintoism?
(a) Talmud
(b) Koran
(c) Tantra
(d) Kojiki

Ans. (d)

Ques. Animism is the earliest concept towards the religion forwarded by __
(a) Tylor
(b) Malinowski
(c) Radcliff Brown
(d) Durkheim

Ans. (a)

Ques. Belief in one God is referred to as ___.
(a) Henotheism
(b) Monotheism
(c) Monism
(d) Polytheism

Ans. (b)

Question: In the USA, separation between state and religion means
(a) Neither the state nor religion can interfere in the affairs of one another.
(b) State and religion can both interfere in the affairs of one another
(c) A and B are both right
(d) A is wrong, B is right

Answer. (a)

Ques. Which of the following is the oldest religion in the world?
(a) Christianity
(b) Hinduism
(c) Islam
(d) Buddhism

Ans. (b)

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Ques. With which religion-followings are ‘Chaityas and Viharas’ associated?
(a) Buddhism
(b) Christian
(c) Jainism
(d) Hinduism

Ans. (a)

Ques. __ have considered religion as a product of the evolutionary development of human brain.
(a) sociologists
(b) psychologists
(c) Anthropologists
(d) Philosophers

Ans. (c)

Ques. Jainism was founded by __
(a) Mahaveer
(b) Allah
(c) Christ
(d) Buddha

Ans. (a)

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Ques. Lord Buddha got Nirvana at
(a) BodhGaya
(b) Sarnath
(c) Kushinagar
(d) Lumbini

Ans. (a)

Ques. The term Cultural lag was coined by __
(a) Ogburn
(b) Tylor
(c) Majumdar
(d) Ghurye

Ans. (a)

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