Study of World Religions Qualification related questions

What is the oldest known monotheistic religion?

a) Judaism
b) Christianity
c) Hinduism
d) Zoroastrianism
Answer: a) Judaism
Who is considered the founder of Buddhism?

a) Buddha
b) Confucius
c) Laozi
d) Mahavira
Answer: a) Buddha
What is the holy book of Islam called?

a) Vedas
b) Tripitaka
c) Quran
d) Torah
Answer: c) Quran
Which religion follows the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path?

a) Buddhism
b) Jainism
c) Sikhism
d) Hinduism
Answer: a) Buddhism
Who is the central figure in Christianity?

a) Moses
b) Jesus Christ
c) Muhammad
d) Siddhartha Gautama
Answer: b) Jesus Christ
What is the sacred text of Hinduism?

a) Bible
b) Quran
c) Vedas
d) Guru Granth Sahib
Answer: c) Vedas
Which religion is based on the teachings of Confucius?

a) Confucianism
b) Taoism
c) Shintoism
d) Zoroastrianism
Answer: a) Confucianism
What is the holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims?

a) Mecca
b) Jerusalem
c) Varanasi
d) Rome
Answer: b) Jerusalem
Who is the founder of Sikhism?

a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Gobind Singh
c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
d) Guru Arjan Dev
Answer: a) Guru Nanak
Which religion believes in the concept of Nirvana?

a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Jainism
d) Sikhism
Answer: b) Buddhism
What is the primary language of the Quran?

a) Hebrew
b) Arabic
c) Sanskrit
d) Latin
Answer: b) Arabic
Who is the founder of Jainism?

a) Mahavira
b) Rishabhanatha
c) Parsva
d) Gautama Buddha
Answer: a) Mahavira
Which religion is known for its belief in non-violence and ahimsa?

a) Sikhism
b) Jainism
c) Zoroastrianism
d) Shintoism
Answer: b) Jainism
Which religion is known for its Five Pillars of Islam?

a) Christianity
b) Islam
c) Buddhism
d) Hinduism
Answer: b) Islam
What is the name of the holy festival in Islam that marks the end of Ramadan?

a) Eid al-Fitr
b) Eid al-Adha
c) Hajj
d) Ashura
Answer: a) Eid al-Fitr
Who is considered the last prophet in Islam?

a) Moses
b) Jesus
c) Muhammad
d) Abraham
Answer: c) Muhammad
Which religion’s followers are called Sikhs?

a) Buddhism
b) Hinduism
c) Sikhism
d) Jainism
Answer: c) Sikhism
What is the main scripture of Sikhism called?

a) Gita
b) Bible
c) Guru Granth Sahib
d) Tripitaka
Answer: c) Guru Granth Sahib
What is the name of the holy river for Hindus?

a) Nile
b) Ganges
c) Tigris
d) Jordan
Answer: b) Ganges
Which religion’s followers practice the Five Ks?

a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Sikhism
d) Islam
Answer: c) Sikhism
Who is the central figure in Zoroastrianism?

a) Zarathustra
b) Darius I
c) Cyrus the Great
d) Xerxes I
Answer: a) Zarathustra
Which religion celebrates Diwali as a major festival?

a) Christianity
b) Hinduism
c) Islam
d) Judaism
Answer: b) Hinduism
Who is the Hindu god of destruction?

a) Vishnu
b) Shiva
c) Brahma
d) Krishna
Answer: b) Shiva
Which religion believes in the concept of karma and reincarnation?

a) Christianity
b) Islam
c) Judaism
d) Hinduism
Answer: d) Hinduism
Who is the founder of Taoism?

a) Laozi
b) Confucius
c) Buddha
d) Mahavira
Answer: a) Laozi
What is the holiest city in Buddhism?

a) Bodh Gaya
b) Lumbini
c) Varanasi
d) Jerusalem
Answer: a) Bodh Gaya
Which religion’s followers are known as Christians?

a) Buddhism
b) Islam
c) Christianity
d) Hinduism
Answer: c) Christianity
Who is the founder of Shintoism?

a) Confucius
b) Laozi
c) Siddhartha Gautama
d) No specific founder
Answer: d) No specific founder
What is the name of the holy book in Christianity?

a) Torah
b) Bible
c) Quran
d) Vedas
Answer: b) Bible
Who is the central figure in Judaism?

a) Abraham
b) Moses
c) Jesus
d) Muhammad
Answer: a) Abraham
Which religion’s followers worship in synagogues?

a) Christianity
b) Islam
c) Judaism
d) Sikhism
Answer: c) Judaism
What is the name of the Hindu god known as the preserver?

a) Shiva
b) Vishnu
c) Brahma
d) Krishna
Answer: b) Vishnu
Who is the founder of Christianity?

a) Abraham
b) Moses
c) Jesus Christ
d) Muhammad
Answer: c) Jesus Christ
What is the primary language of the Torah?

a) Hebrew
b) Latin
c) Arabic
d) Sanskrit
Answer: a) Hebrew
Who is the founder of Islam?

a) Jesus Christ
b) Moses
c) Muhammad
d) Abraham
Answer: c) Muhammad
What is the name of the holy month of fasting in Islam?

a) Ramadan
b) Eid al-Fitr
c) Hajj
d) Ashura
Answer: a) Ramadan
Who is the founder of Confucianism?

a) Confucius
b) Laozi
c) Buddha
d) Mahavira
Answer: a) Confucius
What is the primary language of the Tripitaka?

a) Sanskrit
b) Pali
c) Chinese
d) Tibetan
Answer: b) Pali
Which religion believes in the concept of the Trinity?

a) Christianity
b) Islam
c) Buddhism
d) Sikhism
Answer: a) Christianity
Who is the founder of Jainism?

a) Rishabhanatha
b) Parsva
c) Mahavira
d) Gautama Buddha
Answer: c) Mahavira
41 What is the central religious text of Taoism?

a) Analects
b) Tao Te Ching
c) Dhammapada
d) Bhagavad Gita
Answer: b) Tao Te Ching
Which religion considers Mount Kailash as a sacred site?

a) Christianity
b) Buddhism
c) Hinduism
d) Jainism
Answer: c) Hinduism
Who is considered the last and most significant prophet in Judaism?

a) Moses
b) Elijah
c) Abraham
d) Isaiah
Answer: b) Elijah
What is the name of the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca?

a) Ramadan
b) Eid al-Fitr
c) Hajj
d) Ashura
Answer: c) Hajj
Which religion’s followers are known as Buddhists?

a) Jainism
b) Buddhism
c) Sikhism
d) Hinduism
Answer: b) Buddhism
Who is the founder of modern-day Scientology?

a) L. Ron Hubbard
b) Joseph Smith
c) Ellen G. White
d) Mary Baker Eddy
Answer: a) L. Ron Hubbard
What is the holy text of the Baha’i Faith called?

a) Kitáb-i-Aqdas
b) Vedas
c) Guru Granth Sahib
d) Tripitaka
Answer: a) Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Which religion believes in the concept of the Five Pillars?

a) Sikhism
b) Christianity
c) Islam
d) Judaism
Answer: c) Islam
Who is the founder of Mormonism (Latter-day Saints)?

a) Joseph Smith
b) Brigham Young
c) Mary Baker Eddy
d) Ellen G. White
Answer: a) Joseph Smith
What is the primary text of the Bahá’í Faith?

a) Bible
b) Quran
c) Kitáb-i-Aqdas
d) Vedas
Answer: c) Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Which religion believes in the concept of the Eightfold Path?

a) Jainism
b) Hinduism
c) Buddhism
d) Shintoism
Answer: c) Buddhism
Who is the founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church?

a) Joseph Smith
b) Ellen G. White
c) Mary Baker Eddy
d) L. Ron Hubbard
Answer: b) Ellen G. White
What is the holy book of the Sikh religion called?

a) Guru Granth Sahib
b) Tripitaka
c) Quran
d) Bible
Answer: a) Guru Granth Sahib
Which religion’s followers are known as Jains?

a) Sikhism
b) Buddhism
c) Jainism
d) Hinduism
Answer: c) Jainism
Who is considered the founder of the Christian Science religion?

a) Joseph Smith
b) Mary Baker Eddy
c) L. Ron Hubbard
d) Ellen G. White
Answer: b) Mary Baker Eddy
What is the name of the Jewish holy day of atonement?

a) Hanukkah
b) Yom Kippur
c) Passover
d) Rosh Hashanah
Answer: b) Yom Kippur
Which religion believes in the concept of the Trinity?

a) Islam
b) Sikhism
c) Christianity
d) Hinduism
Answer: c) Christianity
Who is the founder of the Hare Krishna movement?

a) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Answer: c) A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
What is the name of the Muslim holy month of fasting?

a) Ramadan
b) Hajj
c) Eid al-Fitr
d) Ashura
Answer: a) Ramadan
Who is considered the founder of the Methodist Church?

a) John Wesley
b) Martin Luther
c) John Calvin
d) Henry VIII
Answer: a) John Wesley