Zoroastrianism - Quiz
A) 1990 B) 1980 C) 2000 D) 1974
A) 50,000 B) 100,000 C) 10,000 D) 5,000
A) 25,271 B) 100,000 C) 10,000 D) 60,000
A) Dari B) Turkish C) Arabic D) Kurdish
A) Uyghur B) Balochi C) Gavri or Behdini D) Pashto
A) Mazdaens B) Parsees C) Avestans D) Gabrs
A) 25,000 B) 50,000 C) 5,000 D) 100,000
A) Economic opportunities B) Cultural exchange programs C) Political stability D) Disillusionment with Islam after ISIS violence
A) Basra B) Anbar C) Sulaymaniya Governorate D) Baghdad
A) 3,650 B) 1,675 C) 2,348 D) 4,235
A) Delhi B) Chennai C) Kolkata D) Mumbai
A) 1:2 B) 1:5 C) 2:1 D) 1:10
A) 3,650 B) 4,235 C) 1,656 D) 2,348
A) Zoroastrians B) Parsis C) Mazdaens D) Parsees
A) Economic benefits B) Political influence C) Cultural heritage D) Disillusionment with Islam
A) On mounds and hills where fires were lit below the open skies. B) In the Towers of Silence. C) In the Achaemenid shrines. D) In enclosed and covered fire temples.
A) Sraosha, Rashnu, and Vohu Manah. B) Ahura, Mithra, and Anahita. C) Mithra, Aredvi Sura Anahita, Verethragna, and Tishtrya. D) Ahura Mazda, Angra Mainyu, and Spenta Mainyu.
A) The Yasna. B) The Visperad. C) The Navjote. D) The Vendidad.
A) To welcome children of Zoroastrian parents into the faith. B) To perform the Yasna ritual. C) To conduct purification ceremonies. D) To celebrate the holy festivals of the Zoroastrian calendar.
A) Haoma and mang. B) Visperad and Vendidad. C) Topi and scarves. D) Sedreh and kushti.
A) They are optional and not widely practiced. B) They are performed only during the Navjote ceremony. C) They are considered the basis of Zoroastrian ritual life. D) They are only associated with the Yasna ritual.
A) They are used for the Yasna ceremony. B) They are shrines for the worship of Mithra. C) They are places for daily prayers. D) They are used for ritual exposure of corpses.
A) Burial in consecrated ground. B) Submersion in water. C) Ritual exposure in Towers of Silence. D) Cremation.
A) It is a guide for the construction of fire temples. B) It is a book of hymns for the Achaemenid deities. C) It is used for the Navjote ceremony. D) It includes individual and communal rituals and prayers.
A) They wear their head coverings displaying hair and their faces. B) They do not wear any head coverings. C) They wear traditional Islamic headscarves. D) They fully veil their faces.
A) They are worshipped as deities. B) They are used in the Yasna ceremony. C) They are part of the legal practice in regions of the Indian subcontinent. D) They are considered impure and avoided.
A) They are prayers that Zoroastrians are encouraged to maintain. B) They are specific to the Navjote ceremony. C) They are related to the Towers of Silence. D) They are only observed during festivals.
A) It can differ from community to community. B) It is based solely on the Vendidad. C) It is uniform across all Zoroastrian communities. D) It is only observed in Iran.
A) They lead the purification ceremonies. B) They conduct high rituals such as the Yasna. C) They oversee the construction of fire temples. D) They are responsible for the Navjote ceremony.
A) It is used for purification ceremonies. B) It is a type of head covering. C) It is consumed daily by Zoroastrians. D) It is used in the sacrificial ritual ceremony of the Yasna.
A) It is a guide for Islamic practices. B) It is a book of secular laws. C) It contains hymns and rituals, including the Yasna. D) It is used only for the Navjote ceremony.
A) They are only practiced by Mobads. B) They are part of the cultural and local rituals passed down. C) They are forbidden in Zoroastrianism. D) They are used exclusively for the Yasna ritual.
A) It is used only during the Navjote ceremony. B) It involves mystical methods such as spirit travel. C) It is consumed daily as a health practice. D) It is forbidden in Zoroastrianism.
A) Through ritual exposure in Towers of Silence. B) Through burial in consecrated ground. C) Through cremation. D) Through submersion in water.
A) They are worn only by Mobads. B) They are worn as a spiritual reminder and for mystical protection. C) They are used for purification ceremonies. D) They are used only during the Navjote ceremony.
A) Angra Mainyu B) Ahura Mazda C) Mithra D) Anahita
A) Angra Mainyu B) Ahura Mazda C) Mithra D) Sraosha
A) The principle of chaos B) The cycle of reincarnation C) The cosmic order governing all existence D) The eternal conflict between good and evil
A) Ātar B) Anahita C) Rashnu D) Sraosha
A) Rashnu B) Mitra C) Anahita D) Ātar
A) Mithra B) Anahita C) Ātar D) Rashnu
A) Frashokereti B) Druj C) Asha D) Gathas
A) Achaemenid Empire B) Medes Empire C) Parthian Empire D) Sasanian Empire
A) Avesta B) Bible C) Vedas D) Quran
A) Fire B) Air C) Earth D) Water
A) Gētīg B) Asha C) Mēnōg D) Druj
A) Avesta B) Amesha Spenta C) Yazatas D) Gathas
A) Medes Empire B) Achaemenid Empire C) Parthian Empire D) Sasanian Empire
A) Spenta Mainyu B) Ahura Mazda C) Aka Manah D) Ahriman
A) Zarathushtra Spitama B) Ahriman C) Angra Mainyu D) Ahura Mazda
A) Bundahishn B) Yasna C) Gathas D) Avesta
A) Angra Mainyu B) Zoroaster C) Ahura Mazda D) Ahriman
A) Avesta B) Yasna C) Gathas D) Bundahishn
A) Druj B) Mēnōg C) Gētīg D) Asha
A) Amesha Spenta B) Yazatas C) Avesta D) Gathas
A) Richard Foltz B) Prods Oktor Skjærvø C) Md. Sayem D) Yujin Nagasawa
A) Teaches monotheism B) Teaches dualism C) Does not teach monotheism D) Teaches polytheism
A) Wise Lord B) Spirit of Order C) Destroyer of Evil D) Creator of Light
A) Gavaevodata B) Spenta Mainyu C) Angra Mainyu D) Gayomard
A) Druj B) Asha C) Kshatra Vairya D) Frashokereti
A) Druj B) Asha C) Frashokereti D) Ahuna Vairya formula
A) Victims B) Active participants C) Observers D) Spectators
A) Three B) Four C) Two D) Five
A) The planets B) The moon C) The fixed stars D) The sun
A) Mount Haraitī B) Harā Bərəz C) Mount Ohrmazd D) Mount Hukairiia
A) Mount Anāhīd B) Harā Bərəz C) Mount Haraitī D) Mount Hukairiia
A) Mount Hukairiia B) Mount Wahrām C) Mount Haraitī D) Harā Bərəz
A) Middle Persian period B) Old Persian period C) Avestan period D) Sassanian period
A) Ohrmazd B) Kēwān C) Wahrām D) Tīr
A) Khosrow I. B) Shapur I. C) Valax. D) Ardeshir.
A) Arderbad Mahrespand. B) Tansar. C) Khosrow I. D) Ardeshir.
A) Ardeshir. B) Khosrow I. C) Shapur I. D) Valax.
A) Arda Viraf Namag B) The Bible C) Bundahishn D) Denkard
A) Animistic B) Polytheistic C) Atheistic D) Monotheistic
A) Mushrooms B) Cannabis C) Haoma D) Opium
A) 40 years old B) 30 years old C) 20 years old D) 50 years old
A) Tigris river B) Daiti river C) Euphrates river D) Indus river
A) Angra Mainyu B) Ahura Mazda C) Mithra D) Vohu Manah
A) King Vishtaspa B) Angra Mainyu C) Ahura Mazda D) His cousin Maidhyoimanha
A) Zoroaster B) The Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil C) Zakariya al-Qazwini D) King Vishtaspa
A) A cypress tree B) An olive tree C) A fig tree D) A palm tree
A) Accepting the Bahi religion B) The strength of Ahura Mazda C) The power of Angra Mainyu D) The wisdom of Vohu Manah
A) The Greek philosophy B) The Roman legal system C) The ancient religion D) The Persian language
A) The early 1st millennium BCE B) The late 3rd millennium BCE C) The late 1st millennium BCE D) The early 2nd millennium BCE
A) The 2nd century BCE B) The 6th century BCE C) The 4th century BCE D) The 8th century BCE
A) Airyanem Vaejah B) Babylon C) Susa D) Persepolis
A) Bactria B) Elam C) Khwarezm D) Media
A) Thucydides B) Diodorus Siculus C) Herodotus D) Xenophon
A) The Macedonian kingdom. B) The Babylonian kingdom. C) The Cappadocian kingdom. D) The Egyptian kingdom.
A) Zurvanite B) Gathic C) Mazdakite D) Magian
A) Zoroastrianism was completely eradicated B) Zoroastrianism slowly declined but was still widely practiced C) Zoroastrianism was immediately replaced by Christianity D) Zoroastrianism became the dominant religion
A) Nobles, Clergy, Merchants, Peasants B) Asronan, Arteshtaran, Wastaryoshan, Hutukhshan C) Patricians, Plebeians, Slaves, Freedmen D) Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras
A) Jizya B) Kharaj C) Zakat D) Sadaqah
A) The Mongols B) The Byzantines C) The Abbasids D) The Sassanids
A) Al-Muqaffa B) A 10th-century Iranian nobleman C) Firdausi D) Qutaiba
A) Sanjan B) Bukhara C) Yazd D) Kerman
A) Baghdad B) Merv C) Yazd D) Kerman
A) Tajikistan B) India C) Iran D) Armenia
A) Traditionalists B) Revivalists C) Reformists D) Neo-Zoroastrians
A) Tata, Godrej, Wadia B) Ambani, Adani, Birla C) Mittal, Jindal, Bajaj D) Murugappa, Hinduja, L&T |
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