DYS Test VI Session 6 If God is one, why so many

religions?

Total marks: 20 Marks Obtained: ________ Time: 10 Min.

Name: __________________________________________
Instructions to solve
i) Tick {} the correct choice given below or write the answer in the blank line provided.
ii) Sincerity is the qualification.
iii) Marks have been noted in front of each question.

Q1. Other religions are like pocket dictionary. 2

Sanatana Dharma is like chambers dictionary.

Q2. Match the following: 3

People in this Answers Puranas recommend worship of

mode
Ignorance (tamas) c a) Lord Brahma
Passion (rajas) a b) Lord Krishna or Lord Vishnu
Goodness (satva) b c) Lord Shiva or Goddess Durga

Q3. Essential principles of all religions are the same, e.g. Love of God. 2
Write 2 more such essential principles.

1. Chanting of the Holy Name of God

2. Follow the scriptures, which are the rules laid down by God.

Q4. Dharma of every living entity: 1

a) Is decided by birth and can not be changed

b) Is to have faith in a particular faith
c) Is to serve and love God
d) Can change from Christianity to Hinduism, etc.

Q5 Describe how various religions teach about practicing restrictions in ones life. 3
e.g. sex life, meat eating etc.

Meat Eating:
a) Christianity: one can eat meat except on Friday.
b) Islam: one can eat meat except that of a dog or a pig.
c) Sanatana Dharma: meat eating is a sinful pillar of life, unless one gives it
up, one cant progress spiritually. If one cant give up eating meat, one
needs to offer the meat first to goddess Kali before eating it, and this
allowance in only for the dark moon day (amavasya), in other days, meat
eating is prohibited.

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DYS Test VI Session 6 If God is one, why so many
religions?

Q6 Match the following: 5

Quote Answers Quoted by

I am the source of all spiritual and material C a) Srila Vysadeva in
worlds. Everything emanates from me. Bhagvat Puran
Krishna who is known as Govinda is the E b) Arjuna to Krishna in
supreme Godhead. He has an eternal, Bhagvad Gita.
blissful spiritual body.
All the above incarnations are plenary A c) Lord Krishna in
portions or portions of the plenary portions Bhagvad Gita
of the Lord but Lord Krishna is the original
personality of Godhead.
All great sages such as Narada, Asita, B d) Shankaracharya in
Devala and Vyasa confirm that you are the Gita Mahatmya
supreme personality of Godhead
Let there be one God for the whole world, D e) Lord Brahma in
Sri Krishna Brahma Samhita

Q7 Indicate True or False by putting a T or F before the statement. 4

a) Different religions are meant for different people according to their ability to
digest the truth. T
b) Jesus says in bible: There is much that I have to tell you, but you can not bear
it now. T
c) God is ultimately some impersonal light or energy. (This question judges the
philosophical conviction of the participant very nicely.) F
d) Many of the concepts of the modern mathematics and science have already
been mentioned in the Vedas. T

Q8. Fill in the blanks. 5

a) According to Srimad Bhagvatam, that religion which teaches one, the love of
God which is unmotivated (ahaituki) and uninterrupted (apratihata) is the
topmost religion.
b) Lord Krishna is also called Bhagavan, possessor of all the 6 opulence namely
beauty, fame, wealth, knowledge, strength and renunciation.
c) The ascending order of why one approaches God, starts with fear, then
desire / greed, then duty and finally culminates into the highest religion,
namely pure love / raga of God.

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