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INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEM

4rd MONTHLY ASSESSMENT

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES

DIRECTION: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

Sanatana Dharma, the formal name of Hinduism, means________________________.

Divine Light
Eternal Religion
Way of Truth
Holy Religion
1. Belief in the incarnations of a deity in different manifestations and personalities is
called______________.
Bhakti
Yoga
Avatara
Reincarnation
2. The ________ scripture is “that which is heard.”
Darshsan
Smriti
Sruti
Yoga
3. The highest god in the Hindu pantheon and one of the Trimurthi is _______________.
Brahma
Lakshmi
Siva
Brahman
4. The Shudras caste was renamed _________________ by Mahatma Gandhi in protest of
the injustice of the caste system.
a. Prasad
b. Harijans
c. Puja
d. Jati
5. The first receivers of Vedic knowledge who supposedly heard them from the godswere
the _____________________.
a. Sadhus
b. Prophets
c. Brahmins
d. Rishis
6. The three most powerful gods in Hindu are miscalled the ______________________.
a. Vedas
b. Moksha
c. Kali
d. Trimurthi
7. 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
8. The highest and purest of all castes is the ________ caste.
a. Shudra
b. Kshatriya
c. Brahmin
d. Valishya
9. The Hindu festival of light is called _________________.
a. Holi
b. Lohari
c. Kumbha Mela
d. Divali
10. Liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is called________________.
a. Moksha
b. Yoga
c. Puranas
d. Karma
11. _____________ is worshiped as the “Mother Goddess” by most Hindus.
a. Kali
b. Lakshmi
c. Sarasvati
d. Parvati
12. The text _______________ is called the “Fifth Vedas” because of its
comprehensiveness.
a. Mahabhrata
b. Bahagavad Gita
c. Puranas
d. Atharva Veda
13. 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
14. An offering given by a devotee to a god/goddess is called___________.
a. Love
b. Samsara
c. Bhakti
 d. Puja
15. The Smriti scriptures are considered secondary to Sruti scriptures because __________.
a. They are of human origin.
b. They were written later than Sruti scriptures.
c. They are longer.
d. Both A and B.
16. “Bhagavad Gita” means ____________________.
a. Song of the Enlightened One
b. Song of joy
c. Song of Thanksgiving
d. Song of the Lord
17. 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
18. Mahatma Gandhi’s embrace of nonviolence is founded on the Hindu concept of
_____________.
a. Sanyasa
b. Animsa
c. Vedanta
d. Puja
19. The _____________ school establishes the foundations of interpreting Vedic texts that
have been employed by other schools of thought.
a. Vedanta
b. Vaisheshika
c. Mimamsa
d. Samkyha

II. MATCHING TYPE

DIRECTION: Match the terms in column A to their corresponding definition in column B. Write
the letter that corresponds to the correct answer in the blank.

A B

_____ 1. Ashoka a. stories used in Zen meditation

_____ 2. Bodhisattva b. evil spirit

_____ 3. Mahãvihãrã c. foremost philosopher in Mahayana

_____ 4. Dalai Lama d. place where Buddha attained

enlightenment
_____ 5. Panca Sila e. “Buddha to be”

_____ 6. Yasodhara f. ideal Buddhist King

_____ 7. Abhayagiri g. The Five Precepts

_____ 8. Theravada h. second monastery in Sri Lanka

_____ 9. Nasarjuna i. wife of Siddhartha Gautama

_____ 10. Bodh Gaya j. monastic community

_____ 11. Koan k. spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists

_____ 12. Mara l. monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet

_____ 13. Avalokitesvara m. first monastery in Sri Lanka

_____ 14. Atisa n. Teaching of the Elders

_____ 15. Sangha o. bodhisattva revered as the goddess of

mercy

Prepared by: Eloisa Jane T. Bituin

Faculty