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