Faith and Religion
Faith and Religion: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Religions in India, Hinduism, Bhakti Movement, Islam, Sufi Movement, Christianity, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism & Judaism etc.
Important Questions on Faith and Religion
Who among the following Sikh Gurus founded the Tarn Taran Sahib?
The female devotee, Andal, belonged to which part of India?
Mahavira, who was known in Pali literature as Nigantha Nataputta, founded a religion called ____.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Zoroastrianism?
A. Ahura Mazda is considered to be all-good with no evil emanating from the deity.
B. Druj means falsehood or deceit in Zoroastrianism.
With reference to the religious history of medieval India, the Sufi mystics were known to pursue which of the following practices?
1. Meditation and control of breath.
2. Severe ascetic exercises in a lonely place.
3. Recitation of holy songs to arouse a state of ecstasy in their audience.
What is the percentage of population of Christianity in Andhra Pradesh?
What is the percentage of population of Islam in Andhra Pradesh?
What is the percentage of population of Hinduism in Andhra Pradesh?
'Rath Yatra' of Puri is celebrated in honour of:
Boo Ali Shah Qalandar was a
The social evil which was conspicuously absent during ancient India was:
Bhuteshwar temple is situated in the district of_____.
Sangai festival is celebrated in which among the following states?
Vesak commemorates the birth of _______.
It is believed that Lord Shiva assumed the form of _________ and married Parvati at the site of the Meenakshi Temple in South India.
"All souls day" festival is related to which of the following religious group?
What is ‘Reformation’ ?
The name of the collection of hymns of Alvar Saints was _____.
Which of the following community was not enlisted in the minority list of National Commission for Minorities in 1993?
Gathas are the most sacred texts of which of the following faiths?
