UGC NET Exam January 2017 Comparative Study of Religions Paper-3 Question Paper With Answer Key

 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIONS

PAPER – III

 

Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1. Who was the father of Comparative Study of Religion ?

(1) Max Muller

(2) Mircea Eliade

(3) Max Arthur Macauliffe

(4) Max Weber

Answer: (1)

2. Identify the correct statement from the following :

(1) Tribal religions have special festivals.

(2) Tribal religions have their scripture.

(3) All tribal religions have apostles.

(4) Tribal religions have prophets.

Answer: (1)

3. The religion which does not believe in rebirth ?

(1) Buddhism

(2) Islam

(3) Sikhism

(4) Hinduism

Answer: (2)

4. Identify the false statement from the following :

(1) Religion is essence of life.

(2) Religion is useful for human life.

(3) Religion is harmful for human life.

(4) Religion is a need of Social life.

Answer: (3)

5. Which religion believes that salvation can be achieved only by taking birth as a human being and by practicing presence during this life :

(1) Judaism

(2) Jainism

(3) Christianity

(4) Islam

Answer: (2)

6. Book ‘Elementary forms of Religious Life’ was written by

(1) Emile Durkheim

(2) Max Weber

(3) Mircea Eliade

(4) E.B. Tylor

Answer: (1)

7. The author of ‘Sacred and Profane’ is

(1) Emile Durkheim

(2) Paul Ricoear

(3) E.B. Tylor

(4) Mircea Eliade

Answer: (4)

8. Religions of sematic tradition, believe in

(1) Brahma

(2) Arhat

(3) Many Gods

(4) One God

Answer: (4)

9. An interfaith dialougue does not lead to

(1) religious co-existence

(2) religious conflict

(3) religious peace

(4) religious harmony

Answer: (2)

10. The hymns of the Vedas are arranged into

(1) Savaiyas

(2) Dohās

(3) Kundalis

(4) Metres

Answer: (4)

11. The main theme of Vedic culture is

(1) Purusharth-Chatushtya

(2) Thervād

(3) Āryasatya

(4) Mahāvrata

Answer: (1)

12. A big number of deities is mentioned in the Vedas, this concept is related to

(1) Communism

(2) Monism

(3) Charvākism

(4) Polytheism

Answer: (4)

13. This is the sub-text of Sāmveda

(1) Dhanurveda

(2) Āyurveda

(3) Gandharvaveda

(4) Arthaveda

Answer: (3)

14. Following scriptures deal with law, Justice, punishment, property and family matters, these are

(1) Brāhmana scriptures

(2) Āranyak scriptures

(3) Smriti scriptures

(4) Upanishad scriptures

Answer: (3)

15. The number of Puranas is

(1) Twelve

(2) Eighteen

(3) Twenty

(4) Twenty five

Answer: (2)

16. Following this match is not correct

(1) Sānkhya – Yoga

(2) Nyāya – Vaisheshik

(3) Purvapaksha – Uttarpaksha

(4) Meemānsā – Mahābhārata

Answer: (4)

17. The main declaration of adwait concept is

(1) Brahm Satyam Jagat Mithyā

(2) Avidyānivrittih Mokshah

(3) Vāk Vai Brahm

(4) Satyameva Jayate

Answer: (1)

18. Rāmāyana and Mahābhārata are

(1) Novels

(2) Epics

(3) Champu Kāvyas

(4) Religious texts

Answer: (2)

19. Sant Kabirdāsa was related to

(1) Chitrakut

(2) Ayodhyā

(3) Vārānasi (Kāshi)

(4) Kankhal (Haridwār)

Answer: (3)

20. Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekanand, on

(1) 1st May, 1897

(2) 23rd October, 1889

(3) 10th January, 1888

(4) 4th April, 1899

Answer: (1)

21. Tirthañkara Neminātha attained Nirvāna at

(1) Pāvā

(2) Sammedaśikhara

(3) Ayodhyā

(4) Giranāra

Answer: (4)

22. ‘Satkhandāgama’ test relates to

(1) Mūrtipūjaka Śvetambara

(2) Digambara

(3) Sthānakavāsi

(4) Terāpantha Śvetambara

Answer: (2)

23. The name of the sixth Jaina Āgama text is

(1) Sthānānga

(2) Vipākasūtra

(3) Upāsakadasānga

(4) Nāyādhammakahā

Answer: (4)

24. The author of ‘Pañcāstikāya’ is

(1) Samantabhadra

(2) Kundakunda

(3) Haribhadrasūri

(4) Pūjyapāda

Answer: (2)

25. According to Jainism the other name of ‘Syādvāda’ is

(1) Anekantavāda

(2) Saptabhangi Siddhanta

(3) Cāturyamdharma

(4) Triratna

Answer: (2)

26. According to Jainism the ‘Ākāśa’ is included in the group of

(1) Four Dānas

(2) Twelve Anupreksās

(3) Seven fundamentals

(4) Six substances

Answer: (4)

27. The supreme aim of Jainism is

(1) Practicing of meditation

(2) Attainment of wisdom

(3) Attainment of Salvation

(4) Purification of mind

Answer: (3)

28. The word Mūlasangha’ is associated with the

(1) Sthānakavāsi

(2) Terāpantha Śvetambara

(3) Digambaras

(4) Mūrtipūjaka Śvetambara

Answer: (3)

29. The author of Gommatasāra text is

(1) Ācārya Vidyānanda

(2) Ācārya Umāswati

(3) Ācārya Kundakunda

(4) Ācārya Nemicandra

Answer: (4)

30. ‘Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsā’ is running at

(1) Patna

(2) Vaishali

(3) Darbhanga

(4) Nalanda

Answer: (2)

31. Earliest Jaina image of Saraswati is found at

(1) Bikaner

(2) Mathura

(3) Pallu

(4) Ladnun

Answer: (2)

32. The name of Siddhārtha’s birth place was

(1) Kapilavathhu (Kapilavastu)

(2) Sāvatthi

(3) Lumbini

(4) Vesāli

Answer: (3)

33. The number of Mahābhūta-s (basic elements) recognized by the Buddhists is

(1) Eight

(2) Six

(3) Five

(4) Four

Answer: (4)

34. The language in which the Vaipulya Sūtra-s were complimented later written in

(1) Pali

(2) Prakrit

(3) Sanskrit

(4) Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit

Answer: (4)

35. Sarvāstivāda is basically related with

(1) Theravāda

(2) Mahāyāna

(3) Mahāsanghika

(4) Vetullanvāda

Answer: (1)

36. The Vibhajjavāda is supposed to be related with

(1) Theravāda

(2) Sarvāstivāda

(3) Śūnyavāda

(4) Vijñavāda

Answer: (1)

37. The famous Sanchi Stupa is located in the State known as

(1) Uttar Pradesh

(2) Bihar

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) Maharashtra

Answer: (3)

38. The leader of the Buddhist team which propagated first in Sri Lanka was

(1) Bhikkhu Mahinda

(2) Bhikkhu Mahānāma

(3) Bhikkhu Ittiya

(4) Bhikkhu Uttiya

Answer: (1)

39. The ancient Buddhist University at Nalanda in Bihar was named as

(1) Nava Nalanda Mahāvihāra

(2) Nalanda Vidyāpitha

(3) Nalanda Viśvavidyālaya

(4) Nalanda Mahāvihāra

Answer: (4)

40. The Sarvāstivāda Āgama (collection of the Buddha words in Sarvāstivāda Sect) is lost in its original farm, but available in its translated from in

(1) Tibetan language

(2) Mongolian language

(3) Sinhalese language

(4) Chinese language

Answer: (4)

41. Which among the following order of the varnas was acceptable to the early Buddhists ?

(1) Sudda (Śūdra), Vessa (Vaiśya), Khattiya and Brahmana

(2) Vessa, Khattiya, Brāhmana and Sudda

(3) Khattiya, Brāhmana, Vessa and Sudda

(4) Brāhmana, Khattiya, Vessa and Sudda

Answer: (3)

42. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar selected the 10th day of the Bright fortnight of Ā.svina month as the day to embrace Buddhism. This day is popularly known as Vijaya Dasami . To Ambedkar it was the day of victory of

(1) Lord Ram

(2) Lord Krishna

(3) Maratha Sardar Shivaji

(4) King Ashoka

Answer: (4)

43. Jesus was born at

(1) Bethlehem

(2) Nazareth

(3) Jerusalem

(4) Jericho

Answer: (1)

44. Protestant Reformation was started by

(1) Karl Barth

(2) Martin Luther

(3) St. Ambrose

(4) St. Augustine

Answer: (2)

45. Which is the branch of Christian theology that relates to environment ?

(1) Eco-theology

(2) Liberation theology

(3) Natural theology

(4) Reformation theology

Answer: (1)

46. The immediate forerunner of Jesus Christ is

(1) John the Baptist

(2) St. Elizabeth

(3) St. Joseph

(4) St. Mary

Answer: (1)

47. Identify the correct group according to the chronological order of the persons of the Bible.

(1) Jacob, Abraham, Isaac, Jesus Christ.

(2) Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jesus Christ.

(3) Isaac, Abraham, Jesus Christ, Jacob

(4) Jesus Christ, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham

Answer: (2)

48. Among the apostles of Jesus, who was martyred in India ?

(1) St. Thomas

(2) St. Francis

(3) St. Mathew

Answer: (1)

(4) St. Chavara Kuriakose

49. The author of “confessions” is

(1) Karl Rahner

(2) Joseph Ratzinger

(3) St. Thomas Aquinas

(4) St. Augustine

Answer: (4)

50. Read the List-I and List-II and identify the correct answer in the code given below :

Answer: (4)

51. Christianity does not believe in

(1) Trimity

(2) Rebrith

(3) Resurrection

(4) Original Sin

Answer: (2)

52. Identify the correct match from the following lists :

Answer: (2)

53. The 1st book of the Old Testament is

(1) Psalms

(2) Ezra

(3) Genesis

(4) Jonah

Answer: (3)

54. At the age of 12, Muhammad accompanied his uncle, Abu Talib on a caravan journey to Syria and met a Christian monk named

(1) Alexander

(2) Jhon

(3) Bahira

(4) William

Answer: (3)

55. The word Quran means

(1) Recitation

(2) Wisdom

(3) Rhyme

(4) Rhetoric

Answer: (1)

56. The party which supported the fourth Caliph Hazrat Ali and believed in the Divine right of rule was known as

(1) The Aristocrats

(2) The Emigrants

(3) The Supporters

(4) The Legitimists

Answer: (4)

57. The statement “Arabia had to conquer itself before it could conquer the world” reference to

(1) Conquest of Mecca

(2) Ridda wars

(3) Battle of Jamal

(4) Battle of Sifin

Answer: (2)

58. Cyprus an important Byzantine maritime naval base was captured by Mu’awiyah in the year

(1) 635 A.D.

(2) 630 A.D.

(3) 640 A.D.

(4) 649 A.D.

Answer: (4)

59. The earliest Philosophical School of thought in Islam was

(1) The Asharites

(2) The Mutazilites

(3) The Qdarites

(4) The Khārijites

Answer: (3)

60. Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut in the year

(1) 1498

(2) 1598

(3) 1698

(4) 1798

Answer: (1)

61. Identify the correct answer and mark the same in the given below :

Answer: (1)

62. Which of the following statement is correct ?

(1) The concept of Pan-Islamism was given by Mohd. Abduh.

(2) Ibn Battuta was a musician.

(3) Abu Muslim Khurasani was an Arab.

(4) The Mutazilite school of Muslim philosophy was established by Wasil bin Ata.

Answer: (4)

63. Which of the following is correct chronologically ?

(1) Khiljis – Mughals – Tughluqs – Ghaznawivs.

(2) Abu Bakr – Ali – Umar – Uthman

(3) Judaism – Islam – Christanity – Zoroastranism.

(4) Meccca – Madina – Damascus – Baghdad – The capitals of Muslim States.

Answer: (4)

64. Ibn al-Arabi was the author of

(1) Ihya al-uloom

(2) Fusus al-Hikam

(3) Kitabi- Nauras

(4) Awrif al-Maarif

Answer: (2)

65. Identify the correct match from List-I and List-II.

Answer: (2)

66. Identify the correct match from List-I and List-II.

Answer: (4)

67. Guru Nanak Dev refused to wear Janev because

(1) It was a Hindu ritual.

(2) It could easily got burnt.

(3) It lost the spirit behind it.

(4) A thread could easily broken.

Answer: (3)

68. Pransangali granth was brought to Amritsar from

(1) Kartarpur

(2) Sri Lanka

(3) Tibet

(4) Hasan Abdal

Answer: (2)

69. Author of Twarikh Guru Khalsa is

(1) Giani Gian Singh

(2) Kesar Singh Chhiber

(3) Sarup Dass Bhalla

(4) Ratan Singh Bhangu

Answer: (1)

70. Rehatnamah means

(1) Letter of Guru Gobind Singh

(2) Hukam of Guru Granth

(3) Sikh way of life

(4) None amongst above

Answer: (3)

71. First resident of British at Lahore was

(1) Lord Dalhousie

(2) Lord Hardingue

(3) John Lawerence

(4) Henry Lawerence

Answer: (4)

72. Maharaja Ranjit Singh won Lahore in

(1) 1708

(2) 1799

(3) 1699

(4) 1805

Answer: (2)

73. Dewan Mohkam Chand was

(1) An army general of M. Ranjit Singh

(2) Treasurer of Sarkar Khalsa

(3) Son of Dewan Kaura Mal

(4) Advisor of Dost Mohammad

Answer: (1)

74. At the occasion of Coronation Bahadur Shah honoured Guru Gobind singh at

(1) Hyderabad

(2) Delhi

(3) Agra

(4) Lahore

Answer: (3)

75. In America first Sikh group settled at

(1) Berkelay

(2) Stockton

(3) New York

(4) Bakersfield

Answer: (2)

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