RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYAMANDIRA

(Residential Autonomous College affiliated to University of Calcutta)

B.A./B.Sc. FIFTH SEMESTER EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2023
THIRD YEAR [BATCH 2020-23]
Date : 03/01/2023 INDIAN CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL HERITAGE
Time : 11 am – 12 noon Paper : V Full Marks : 25

Answer any five questions of the following : [55]

1. Briefly mention about the core ethical teachings of Christianity.
2. Enumerate how different sects developed in Islam.
3. What are basic principles of life according to Judaism? How does a Jew sanctify his life? (3+2)
4. Why 'Gathas' are considered sacred and significant in Zoroastrianism?
5. "It is life to do good, it is death not to do good to others" — Why did Swami Vivekananda administer
this essentially to uplift our nation?
6. "I see in my mind's eye the future perfect India rising out of this chaos and strife, glorious and
invincible, with Vedanta brain and Islam body" — What exactly did Swami Vivekananda mean by
this prophetic statement?
7. "My ideal indeed can be put into a few words and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and
how to make it manifest in every movement of life" — Elaborate how the practice of this ideal can
make one's life accomplished.
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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYAMANDIRA

(Residential Autonomous College affiliated to University of Calcutta)
B.A./B.Sc. FIFTH SEMESTER EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2023
THIRD YEAR [BATCH 2020-23]
Date : 03/01/2023 INDIAN CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL HERITAGE
Time : 11 am – 12 noon Paper : V Full Marks : 25

Answer any five questions of the following : [55]

1. Briefly mention about the core ethical teachings of Christianity.
2. Enumerate how different sects developed in Islam.
3. What are basic principles of life according to Judaism? How does a Jew sanctify his life? (3+2)
4. Why 'Gathas' are considered sacred and significant in Zoroastrianism?
5. "It is life to do good, it is death not to do good to others" — Why did Swami Vivekananda administer
this essentially to uplift our nation?
6. "I see in my mind's eye the future perfect India rising out of this chaos and strife, glorious and
invincible, with Vedanta brain and Islam body" — What exactly did Swami Vivekananda mean by
this prophetic statement?
7. "My ideal indeed can be put into a few words and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and
how to make it manifest in every movement of life" — Elaborate how the practice of this ideal can
make one's life accomplished.
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