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Question 1:

When Hindus visit a temple or a guru they seek an experience called _______.
a) Sanatana dharma
b) Mantra
c) darshana
d) samaj

Question 2:

The production of the epics begins in _______.
a) c. 500 BCE
b) c. 500 CE
c) 2700 BCE
d) 1017 CE

Question 3:

The composers of the Vedas were the _______, who saw the mantras.
a) vedicans
b) rishis
c) Brahmans
d) Mimamsakas

Question 4:

One of the important Vedic gods is _______, the god of fire.
a) Indra
b) Rta
c) Soma
d) Agni

Question 5:

Sarasvati is the goddess of _______.
a) speech
b) harvest
c) rain
d) truth

Question 6:

The Upanishadic quotiation ‘tat tvam asi’ means _______.
a) ‘all is one’
b) ‘you are all’
c) ‘you are that’
d) ‘all is Krishna’

Question 7:

Rama is an avatara of _______.
a) Hanuman
b) Sarasvati
c) Soma
d) Vishnu

Question 8:

_______ is one of the great gods who emerged in the post-Upanishadic era.
a) Indra
b) Shiva
c) Soma
d) Amrita

Question 9:

The warrior aspect of Parvati is called ________.
a) Durga
b) Lakshmi
c) Sarasvati
d) Kali

Question 10:

A great eon (maha yuga) contains how many eons?
a) 311,040,000 million
b) 4
c) 2
d) 1,728,000

Question 11:

‘Caste’ signifies both ________.
a) yugas and mahayugas
b) moksa and manavantaras
c) the four varnas and the jatis
d) class and colour

Question 12:

The three goals of life are wealth, liberation, and _______.
a) sensual pleasure
b) purifying karma
c) asceticism
d) meditation

Question 13:

Ramanuja was the most significant _______ of theistic Vendanta.
a) historian
b) creator
c) interpreter
d) alvar

Question 14:

Pantanjali’s yoga is a system of moral, mental, and physical discipline, combined with _______.
a) devotion
b) self flagellation
c) subjugation
d) meditation

Question 15:

Indian medical teachings are claimed to be _______.
a) learned from China
b) transmitted by the gods
c) created by Sushruta and Charaka
d) forgotten because of western medicine

Question 16:

In ancient times, one of the countries that Hinduism spread to was _______.
a) China
b) Cambodia
c) Japan
d) Greece

Question 17:

Om is considered to be ______ in the universe.
a) a physical presence
b) ‘nectar’
c) the sub-prime
d) the beginning of sound

Question 18:

Chaitanya lived in the______ centuries.
a) 10th and 11th
b) 18th and 19th
c) 15th and 16th
d) 8th and 9th

Question 19:

Ram Mohan Roy founded a reform society called _______.
a) Brahmo Samaj
b) Ramakrishna movement
c) Arya Samaj
d) Reformed Hinduism

Question 20:

The Vedic literature does not indicate _______ as part of spirituality.
a) sacrifice
b) burnt offerings
c) temple worship
d) the worship of Indra

Question 21:

_______ is one of the earliest symbols in Hinduism.
a) A stone
b) Nagas
c) A bull
d) A garuda

Question 22:

Shiva is represented by a _______.
a) yoni
b) fire
c) naga
d) linga

Question 23:

Worship performed in the home is usually called _______.
a) Puja
b) Samhita
c) bhakti
d) Taittiriya

Question 24:

A popular festival celebrated in the autumn is called _______.
a) Holi
b) Hallowe’en
c) Mahisa
d) Deepavali

Question 25:

Many of the Hindu women’s rituals have underlying ideas of the great power of women, and, therefore, women’s rituals have _______.
a) mundane significance
b) illusionary reality
c) potency
d) magical creations

Higher Education

Oxtoby Eastern, Third Edition: Chapter 2 - Hindu Traditions