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Major World Religions GK Questions & Answers
Comparative theology categorizes global religions into Abrahamic monotheistic faiths and Eastern traditions encompassing Dharmic and Taoic philosophies. Abrahamic religions trace spiritual lineage to the patriarch Abraham, sharing foundational concepts of linear time, divine revelation, and moral accountability. Judaism, the oldest Abrahamic faith, centers on the covenant between Yahweh and the Israelites codified in the Torah (Tanakh), led by the prophet Moses. Christianity emerged in the 1st century CE around the ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, recording canonical scriptures across the Gospels and Apostolic Epistles; it subsequently diversified through the East-West Schism of 1054 into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and through the 16th-century Protestant Reformation led by Martin Luther. Islam was promulgated in 622 CE (marked by the Hijra from Mecca to Medina) by the Prophet Muhammad, with sacred scripture in the Holy Quran, structured around the Five Pillars (Shahada, Salah, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj). In contrast, Indian Dharmic traditions—Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma), Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—emphasize cyclical time (Samsara), ethical duty (Dharma), and spiritual liberation (Moksha or Nirvana), while East Asian traditions like Taoism and Confucianism prioritize cosmic harmony and societal filial piety.
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Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) share common monotheistic lineage tracing back to Abraham and venerate historical prophets.
The 622 CE Hijra (migration of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina) marks Year 1 of the Islamic lunar Hijri calendar.
The Christian Church experienced major divisions: the East-West Schism of 1054 (Catholicism vs Orthodoxy) and the 1517 Protestant Reformation sparked by Martin Luther.
Dharmic traditions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism) center on concepts of Karma, Dharma, Samsara (rebirth), and Moksha/Nirvana (liberation).
Major scriptural texts include the Torah (Judaism), Holy Bible (Christianity), Quran and Hadith (Islam), Vedas and Upanishads (Hinduism), Tripitaka (Buddhism), and Guru Granth Sahib (Sikhism).
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1ID: GK-WCULT-00163
easyWorld Mythology
In ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, which jackal-headed god is the patron deity of embalming, mummification, and guide of souls to the afterlife?
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Anubis (Inpu) was depicted as a black jackal or jackal-headed human, presiding over mummification and the Weighing of the Heart ceremony in the Duat (underworld).
2ID: GK-WCULT-00218
easyWorld Mythology
In ancient Egyptian religion, which green-skinned deity was the king of the living and dead, god of the underworld, vegetation, and resurrection, married to Isis?
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Osiris was murdered by his brother Seth and resurrected by his wife Isis, becoming the sovereign lord and judge of the dead in the Duat.
3ID: GK-WCULT-00228
mediumWorld Mythology
In ancient Roman religion, which virgin goddess was revered as the deity of wisdom, strategic war, trade, arts, and schools, forming the Capitoline Triad with Jupiter and Juno?
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Minerva was the Roman goddess equivalent to Greek Athena, celebrated at the Quinquatria festival in Rome as the patron of artisans and intellect.
4ID: GK-WCULT-00233
mediumWorld Mythology
In Mexica (Aztec) religion and state theology, which solar and war deity was regarded as the supreme patron protector of Tenochtitlan, symbolized by the hummingbird?
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Huitzilopochtli ('Hummingbird of the South') was the primary national god of the Aztecs, venerated at the pinnacle of the Templo Mayor alongside the rain god Tlaloc.
5ID: GK-WCULT-00283
mediumWorld Mythology
In Roman religion and mythology, which deity of wisdom, strategic warfare, justice, and the arts corresponds directly to the Greek goddess Athena?
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Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, forming part of the Capitoline Triad with Jupiter and Juno.
6ID: GK-WCULT-00363
easyWorld Mythology
In ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, which deity is depicted with the head of a jackal and is associated with mummification and the afterlife?
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Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of funerary rites, embalming, and protector of graves, famously weighing the hearts of the deceased against Ma'at's feather.
7ID: GK-WCULT-00398
hardWorld Mythology
In ancient Persian religion and Zoroastrian tradition, who is the supreme uncreated creator deity, Lord of Wisdom, and source of truth (Asha)?
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Ahura Mazda is the supreme deity revealed by the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra) in the sacred Avesta, locked in cosmic struggle against the evil spirit Angra Mainyu.
8ID: GK-WCULT-00448
mediumWorld Mythology
In ancient Egyptian religion, which concept—personified as a goddess wearing an ostrich feather—embodied truth, justice, cosmic balance, and order?
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Ma'at represented cosmic balance and moral righteousness; during the 'Weighing of the Heart' ceremony in the afterlife, a deceased person's heart was weighed against Ma'at's feather.
9ID: GK-WCULT-00478
easyWorld Mythology
In ancient Egyptian religion, which goddess represented cosmic order, truth, balance, and justice, and was symbolized by an ostrich feather?
Verified Explanation
Ma'at personified the ethical and cosmic order in ancient Egypt; in the underworld, the deceased's heart was weighed against Ma'at's ostrich feather of truth.
10ID: GK-WCULT-00528
hardWorld Mythology
In West African Yoruba religion and diaspora traditions (such as Santería and Candomblé), who is the Orisha of thunder, lightning, and fire, symbolized by the double-headed axe?
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Shango is a legendary royal ancestor and Orisha associated with justice, thunder, drums, and dance, holding the double-headed axe (oshe Shango).
11ID: GK-WCULT-00538
easyWorld Mythology
In ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, which jackal-headed deity was revered as the god of mummification and the guide of souls in the afterlife?
Verified Explanation
Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of embalming and mummification who supervised the 'Weighing of the Heart' ceremony in the Hall of Two Truths against the feather of Ma'at.
12ID: GK-WCULT-00603
easyWorld Mythology
In ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, which jackal-headed god is the protector of graves and guide of souls in mummification and the Weighing of the Heart?
Verified Explanation
Anubis (Inpu) is the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed deity associated with embalming, mummification, and escorting deceased souls to the underworld tribunal.
Which 11th-century polymath wrote 'Kitab fi Tahqiq ma li-l-Hind' (popularly known as 'Kitab al-Hind'), offering an unparalleled objective sociological study of Indian society, astronomy, and religion?
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Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni (973–1050 CE), who accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni to India, mastered Sanskrit and authored 'Kitab al-Hind' (1030 CE), an encyclopedic masterpiece on Indian religion, philosophy, mathematics, and customs.
14ID: GK-EDUC-00287
hardRTE Act 2009 & Constitutional Provisions
Which Article of the Constitution prohibits the denial of admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, or language?
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Article 29(2) guarantees an individual fundamental right stating: 'No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them.'
15ID: GK-EDUC-00347
hardRTE Act 2009 & Constitutional Provisions
Which constitutional clause explicitly provides that 'No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them'?
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Article 29(2) is a vital fundamental right in Part III protecting individual citizens from discrimination in admissions to educational institutions maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds of religion, race, caste, or language.
16ID: GK-POL-00125
mediumRights Duties
Which Article of the Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion, subject to public order?
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Article 25(1) guarantees all persons freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practise and propagate religion.
17ID: GK-POL-00209
easyFundamental Rights & Duties
Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits discrimination against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth?
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Article 15(1) provides that the State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
18ID: GK-WHIST-00552
mediumRenaissance Reformation
The principle 'cuius regio, eius religio' (whose realm, his religion) was formally established by which 1555 imperial treaty within the Holy Roman Empire?
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The Peace of Augsburg (1555) allowed German princes to choose either Lutheranism or Catholicism as the official religion of their lands, temporarily easing religious warfare in the Holy Roman Empire.
19ID: GK-WHIST-00633
hardRenaissance Reformation
The 1555 Peace of Augsburg legally recognized Lutheranism within the Holy Roman Empire under which famous Latin principle meaning 'Whose realm, his religion'?
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The Peace of Augsburg (1555) established the principle 'Cuius regio, eius religio', allowing German princes to choose either Lutheranism or Catholicism as the official religion of their respective territories.
Which Protestant reformer established a theocratic ecclesiastical administration in Geneva and articulated the doctrine of double predestination in his 1536 work Institutes of the Christian Religion?
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John Calvin published the Institutes of the Christian Religion in 1536, providing a systematic theological framework for Reformed Protestantism. Calvin emphasized the absolute sovereignty of God and double predestination, structuring Geneva's civic governance through the Consistory of pastors and elders.
The targeted mob assassination of French Calvinist Protestants (Huguenots) that began in Paris on August 24, 1572, during the French Wars of Religion is known as what?
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The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre began on August 24, 1572, following the targeted assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny after the wedding of Henri of Navarre to Margaret of Valois. Orchestrated by Catherine de' Medici and the Catholic Guise faction, the violence spread throughout France, killing an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 Huguenots and severely escalating the French Wars of Religion.
22ID: GK-WHIST-01008
mediumAmerican & French Revolutions & Age of Enlightenment
In June 1794, during the peak of the Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre established which state-sponsored deistic civic religion to supplant both traditional Catholicism and the atheistic Cult of Reason?
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Robespierre believed that atheism was aristocratic and socially corrosive. On June 8, 1794 (20 Prairial Year II), he led the massive Festival of the Supreme Being on the Champ de Mars, establishing a state religion based on Rousseauian deism, the existence of a God, and the immortality of the soul. His political opponents feared he was assuming dictatorial and messianic authority.
23ID: GK-WPOL-00608
easyWorld Constitutions
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly protects freedom of religion, speech, the press, the right to assemble peaceably, and what other right?
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The First Amendment guarantees five distinct civil liberties: freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly, and petitioning the government for a redress of grievances.
The ancient Tamil-Brahmi and medieval Vatteluttu inscriptions at the Sittanavasal rock-cut cavern in Tamil Nadu document the monastic asceticism of mendicants belonging to which religion?
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Sittanavasal (Arivar Koil) in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, is a renowned Jain complex. Its natural cavern (Ezhadipattam) contains 2nd-century BCE Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions recording stone beds carved for Jain ascetics (Kayotsarga and Sallekhana fasts), while 9th-century Vatteluttu epigraphs record renovations by Jain monk Ilan-Gautaman.
'Tahqiq ma li'l-Hind' (popularly known as 'Kitab al-Hind'), an exhaustive 11th-century encyclopedic study of Indian sciences, religion, chronology, and philosophy, was authored by:
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Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni to India, learned Sanskrit, and composed the monumental 80-chapter work 'Kitab al-Hind' (c. 1030 CE).
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