COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIONS
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Primitive people are known as :
(A) Atheists
(B) Aborigines
(C) Ascetics
(D) Essenes
2. Primitive people believed in :
(A) Pantheism
(B) Henotheism
(C) Monism
(D) Animism
3. Epic of Gilgamesh is included in :
(A) Egyptian Civilization
(B) Babylonian Civilization
(C) Chinese Civilization
(D) Greek Civilization
4. Which one of the following was not a part of Primitive religion ?
(A) Ancestor Worship
(B) Witch Craft
(C) Monotheism
(D) Shamanism
5. Who was the exponent of Phenomenology of religion ?
(A) Max Muller
(B) Paul Tillich
(C) G. Van der Leeuw
(D) Bronislaw Malinowski
6. Totem may be represented by :
(A) Temple
(B) Animal or Plant
(C) Ocean
(D) Mountain
7. The author of ‘The Golden Bough’ was :
(A) Edward B. Tylor
(B) G.W.F. Hegel
(C) James Frazer
(D) Martin Heidegger
8. Identify the correct match from List I with II:
9. This is the first scripture among the vedic samhitas
(A) Atharva veda
(B) Sam veda
(C) Rig veda
(D) Yajur veda
10. “Vedokhilo Dharma mulam” is found in this scripture
(A) Mahabharata
(B) Ramayana
(C) Upanishad
(D) Manu smriti
11. Dara Shikola studied deeply this scripture
(A) Upanishads
(B) Abhi Dhamm pitaks
(C) Smritis
(D) Sanskrit Dramas
12. Which one of the following deals with law, justice and punishment process ?
(A) Smritis
(B) Brahmans
(C) Aranyakas
(D) Upanishads
13. The author of Ramayana epic is
(A) Vyasa
(B) Shri Harsha
(C) Panini
(D) Valmiki
14. Who among the following believed in attribute-less and form-less God ?
(A) Surdas
(B) Kabirdas
(C) Tulasidas
(D) Meerabai
15. Who among the following reformer was propounder of widow-marriage movement on the basis of vedic texts ?
(A) Daya nanda Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Rai
(C) Jyotirba Phule
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
16. Lord Mahavira attained Kevalajnana at the bank of
(A) Ganga
(B) Yamuna
(C) Kaberi
(D) Rjukula
17. Twenty second Tirthankara of Jainism is
(A) Neminatha
(B) Parsvanatha
(C) Naminatha
(D) Ajitanatha
18. Sthanakavasi sect belongs to
(A) Digambar Jaina
(B) Svetambar Jaina
(C) Buddhism
(D) Sikhism
19. The author of Pravachanasara is
(A) Umaswati
(B) Haribhadrasuri
(C) Kundakunda
(D) Yativrshabha
20. ‘The multi view point of reality’ is known in Jainism as :
(A) Ratnatraya
(B) Kevalajnana
(C) Anekantavada
(D) Mahavratas
21. The period of the famous Jaina Khajuraho temples
(A) 9th century A.D.
(B) 12th century A.D.
(C) 8th century A.D.
(D) 10th century A.D.
22. Read the following :
Identify the correct combination from
Codes :
(A) (a) + (1)
(B) (b) + (4)
(C) (c) + (3)
(D) (d) + (2)
23. Lord Buddha obtained Maha-parinirvana at
(A) PAVA
(B) Bodha Gaya
(C) Kusinara
(D) Varanasi
24. Seven hundred Buddhist Monks participated in
(A) The First Buddhist Council
(B) The Fourth Buddhist Council
(C) The Third Buddhist Council
(D) The Second Buddhist Council
25. The propounder of the Vijnanavada theory in Buddhism was
(A) Vasubandhu
(B) Nagarjuna
(C) Nagasena
(D) Buddhagosa
26. The earliest Bodhisattva statue is found in the period of :
(A) Pusyamitra
(B) Milinda
(C) Kaniska
(D) Ashoka
27. The Sanchi Stupa is situated in
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Bihar Pradesh
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
28. Buddhism in Thailand is known as
(A) Sarvastivada
(B) Vajrayana
(C) Mahayana
(D) Theravada
29. Read the following :
Identify the correct combination from
Codes :
(A) (a) + (4)
(B) (b) + (2)
(C) (c) + (1)
(D) (d) + (3)
30. Identify the correct statement :
(A) Main Christian churches are : Catholic, Judaic and Protestant
(B) Main Christian churches are : Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox
(C) Main Christian churches are : Catholic, Protestant and Shia
(D) Main Christian churches are : Catholic, Protestant and Sunni
31. “The Sermon on the Mount” was delivered by :
(A) St. Peter
(B) St. Paul
(C) St. Thomas
(D) Jesus Christ
32. This is a prophet of the Old Testament
(A) St. Paul
(B) St. Thomas
(C) Jeremiah
(D) Jesus
33. It is believed that this apostle of Christ came to India :
(A) St. Mathew
(B) St. Thomas
(C) St. John
(D) St. Mark
34. Abraham of Old Testament is a father of :
(A) Egyptians
(B) Romans
(C) Persians
(D) Jews, Christians and Muslims
35. The head of the Apostles was
(A) St. Peter
(B) St. Thomas
(C) St. John
(D) St. Paul
36. The ancient city of Jerusalem is important for the following religions :
(A) Christians, Muslims and Hindus
(B) Christians, Jews and Muslims
(C) Christians, Muslims and Sikhs
(D) Christians, Muslims and Jains
37. Who among the following was the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad ?
(A) Hashim
(B) Abbas
(C) Masud
(D) Ahmad
38. Arrange the following in chronological order and use the code given below :
I. Pact, al-Hudaybiyah
II. Battle of Badr
III. Migration to Abyssinia
IV Miraj
Codes :
(A) III, I, II, IV
(B) IV, II, I, III
(C) III, IV, II, I
(D) III, IV, I, II
39. Who among the following accompanied the Prophet Muhammad in the journey of Hijrat ?
(A) Abu Bakr
(B) Umar
(C) Uthman
(D) Ali
40. One of the non-Jewish tribes in Yathrib was
(A) Qainqa
(B) Quraiza
(C) Nazir
(D) Khazraj
41. Who among the following was also called as al-saffah ?
(A) Al-Hadi
(B) Al-Mahdi
(C) Al-Mansur
(D) Abul Abbas
42. Who among the following was called by the Arabs as al-shaykh al-rais ?
(A) Ibn-Sina
(B) Ibn-al-Abbas
(C) Ibn-Zakariya
(D) Ibn-Ishaq
43. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Ali – 656-661
(B) Ali – Battle of Siffin
(C) Ali – Fata-al-Arab
(D) Ali – Battle of Camel
44. Panja Sahib is situated in the town of :
(A) Nankana Sahib
(B) Hasan Abdal
(C) Peshawar
(D) Rawalpindi
45. The compilation of ‘Chaupai’ is a part of :
(A) Bachittar Natak
(B) Chrittropakhian
(C) Akal Ustat
(D) Ramavtar
46. In Guru Granth Sahib, raga Jaijawanti was included by :
(A) Guru Nanak Dev
(B) Guru Ramdas
(C) Guru Arjan Dev
(D) Guru Gobind Singh
47. Gurmukhi script was evolved by :
(A) Sheikh Farid
(B) Guru Nanak Dev
(C) Guru Angad Dev
(D) Guru Arjan Dev
48. Who was considered Guru of Hindus and Pir of Musalmans ?
(A) Sheikh Farid
(B) Guru Nanak Dev
(C) Bulleh Shah
(D) Guru Gobind Singh
49. Zafarnamah is included in :
(A) Guru Granth
(B) Diwan-i-Goya
(C) Gur Sobha
(D) Dasam Granth
50. Identify the correct combination :
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