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Major World Religions

180 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 5 of 8

Q101. Where is the first clear evidence of Linga worship found?

  1. ABhagavata Purana
  2. BMatsya Purana
  3. CVishnu Purana
  4. DAgni Purana
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Answer: B) Matsya Purana

Q102. Where do we get the details of making an idol of Shiva and worshipping it?

  1. AMahabharata
  2. BMatsya Purana
  3. CMahabhashya
  4. DAshtadhyayi
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Answer: C) Mahabhashya

Q103. Jain literature is called

  1. APitaka
  2. BAgama
  3. CKalpa
  4. Dmu
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Answer: B) Agama

Q104. The most important text of Jainism is

  1. ATripitaka
  2. BKalpa Sutra
  3. CTorah
  4. DHadith
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Answer: B) Kalpa Sutra

Q105. The religious text 'Tripitaka' is related to which religion?

  1. AJudaism
  2. BBuddhism
  3. CIslam religion
  4. DJainism
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Answer: B) Buddhism

Q106. The sacred literature of the Buddhists is

  1. AMahabharata
  2. BCodes
  3. CTirthankar
  4. DTripitaka
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Answer: D) Tripitaka

Q107. In which book is the collection of religious thoughts and sayings of Buddha?

  1. ASuttapitaka
  2. BVinaypitaka
  3. CAbhidhamma Pitaka
  4. DJataka tale
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Answer: A) Suttapitaka

Q108. Which Buddhist text is called the encyclopedia of early Buddhism?

  1. ASuttapitaka
  2. BVinaypitaka
  3. CAbhidhamma Pitaka
  4. DBhagavatisutra
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Answer: A) Suttapitaka

Q109. The rules of the Buddhist Sangha are mentioned in

  1. AIn the Sutta Pitaka
  2. BIn the Vinaypitaka
  3. CIn the Abhidhamma Pitaka
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: B) In the Vinaypitaka

Q110. Buddhist philosophy is discussed

  1. AIn the Sutta Pitaka
  2. BIn the Vinaypitaka
  3. CIn the Abhidhamma Pitaka
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: C) In the Abhidhamma Pitaka

Q111. In which Buddhist text is the sixteen Mahajanapadas mentioned?

  1. ADeepvansh
  2. BMahavamsa
  3. CDivyavadana
  4. Dring finger
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Answer: D) ring finger

Q112. Which of the following places of religious worship of Sikhs is not in India?

  1. ANankana Sahib
  2. BNanded
  3. CPaonta Sahib
  4. DKeshgarh Sahib
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Answer: A) Nankana Sahib

Q113. What was the language of the early Jain texts?

  1. ASanskrit
  2. BPrakrit
  3. Clobe
  4. DApabhramsha
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Answer: B) Prakrit

Q114. In which Buddhist text was Sanskrit first used?

  1. AIn the Sutta Pitaka
  2. BIn the Vinaypitaka
  3. CIn the Abhidhamma Pitaka
  4. DIn Mahavastu
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Answer: C) In the Abhidhamma Pitaka

Q115. The famous religious text of Christians is

  1. AQuran
  2. BBible
  3. CHadith
  4. DTorah
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Answer: B) Bible

Q116. What is the holy book of Sikhism?

  1. AGurmukhi
  2. BGuru Granth Sahib
  3. CBhagavad Gita
  4. Dspeech
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Answer: B) Guru Granth Sahib

Q117. The 'Old Testament' is the main text of which religious sect?

  1. AChristianity
  2. BJudaism
  3. CSufism
  4. DIslam religion
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Answer: B) Judaism

Q118. In which book are the sayings and memories of Prophet Muhammad compiled?

  1. AHadith
  2. BQuran
  3. CTorah
  4. DZendavesta
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Answer: A) Hadith

Q119. The sacred religious text of the Parsis is

  1. ATorah
  2. BHadith
  3. Cjedavesta
  4. DQuran
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Answer: C) jedavesta

Q120. The holy book of the Houthis is...

  1. AQuran
  2. BHadith
  3. Cjedavesta
  4. DTorah
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Answer: D) Torah

Q121. Zorah is the holy book of which religious sect?

  1. Aof Rastafarians
  2. Bof the Buddhists
  3. Cof the Jews
  4. Dof the Jesuits
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Answer: C) of the Jews

Q122. The compiler of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy religious text of the Sikhs, is

  1. AGuru Arjun Dev
  2. BGuru Nanak Dev
  3. CGuru Gobind Singh
  4. DGuru Ramdas
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Answer: A) Guru Arjun Dev

Q123. The most popular is the Purana

  1. ASrimad Bhagavatam Purana
  2. BVishnu Purana
  3. CMatsya Purana
  4. DMarkandeya Purana
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Answer: A) Srimad Bhagavatam Purana

Q124. Pitaka' literally means

  1. ABasket
  2. BTheology
  3. CSinging
  4. DCompilation
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Answer: A) Basket

Q125. Which Buddhist text describes a conversation between the Greek king Minender and the Buddhist monk Nagasena?

  1. ADeepvansh
  2. BMahavamsa
  3. CMilindpanho
  4. DMahavastu
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Answer: C) Milindpanho

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