Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
  • 1. Where was Mother Teresa born?
A) Dublin, Ireland
B) Skopje, Macedonia
C) Rome, Italy
D) Kolkata, India
  • 2. What year was Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
A) 2001
B) 1979
C) 1993
D) 1985
  • 3. Which religious order did Mother Teresa found?
A) Franciscan Sisters of the Poor
B) Sisters of Mercy
C) Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
D) Missionaries of Charity
  • 4. In what year did Mother Teresa die?
A) 1997
B) 2010
C) 2005
D) 1986
  • 5. What language did Mother Teresa learn to speak fluently?
A) Hindi
B) Telugu
C) Bengali
D) Tamil
  • 6. Mother Teresa was made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in which year?
A) 2016
B) 2002
C) 2010
D) 1998
  • 7. For her humanitarian work, Mother Teresa was awarded what civilian award from India?
A) Bharat Ratna
B) Ashoka Chakra
C) Param Vir Chakra
D) Padma Bhushan
  • 8. In what year did Mother Teresa receive the Padma Shri award from the Indian government?
A) 1990
B) 1980
C) 1962
D) 1975
  • 9. What country was Mother Teresa a citizen of?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Albania
D) India
  • 10. Which hospital in Kolkata did Mother Teresa establish?
A) Saint Joseph Hospital
B) Sacred Heart Hospital
C) Holy Cross Hospital
D) Nirmal Hriday
  • 11. What was Mother Teresa's birth name?
A) Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
B) Saint Anjezë Bojaxhiu
C) Teresa of Calcutta
D) Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu
  • 12. At what age did Mother Teresa move to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto?
A) 25
B) 18
C) 30
D) 12
  • 13. Which prize did Mother Teresa receive in 1979?
A) Pulitzer Prize
B) Nobel Peace Prize
C) Man Booker Prize
D) Oscar Award
  • 14. What was the name of the saint after whom Mother Teresa chose her religious name?
A) Ignatius Loyola
B) Thérèse de Lisieux
C) Francis Xavier
D) Vincent de Paul
  • 15. What was the color scheme of the habit worn by the Missionaries of Charity?
A) White sari with two blue borders
B) Red dress with gold trim
C) Black robe with white cross
D) Green cloak with silver stars
  • 16. Which event in 1946 influenced Mother Teresa's decision to serve the poor?
A) Partition of India
B) Independence of India
C) Bengal famine of 1943
D) Direct Action Day
  • 17. What was Mother Teresa's role at the Loreto convent school in Entally?
A) Principal
B) Headmistress
C) Student
D) Caretaker
  • 18. When did Mother Teresa experience 'the call within the call'?
A) During her first year of missionary work
B) After founding the Missionaries of Charity
C) On 10 September 1946
D) In 1952
  • 19. What was the purpose of the Missionaries of Charity, as described by Mother Teresa?
A) To establish schools and hospitals only in India
B) To convert people to Christianity
C) To care for 'the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society'
D) To provide financial assistance to wealthy individuals
  • 20. Where did Mother Teresa open her first hospice with help from Calcutta officials?
A) In a church in Patna
B) In a convent in Darjeeling
C) In an abandoned Hindu temple converted into the Kalighat Home for the Dying
D) In a newly built hospital in Motijhil
  • 21. In which year did Mother Teresa open her first house outside India?
A) 1984, in Austria
B) 1958, in Rome
C) 1965, in Venezuela
D) 1970, in Tanzania
  • 22. How many sisters were part of the Missionaries of Charity by 2007?
A) About 5,000 sisters worldwide
B) Exactly 4,000 sisters
C) Over 10,000 sisters
D) Less than 1,000 sisters
  • 23. By which three identities did Mother Teresa describe herself?
A) Bengali by faith, Indian by language, Catholic by nationality
B) Albanian by blood, Indian by citizenship, Catholic nun by faith
C) Indian by birth, Albanian by nationality, Buddhist by religion
D) Catholic by nationality, Albanian by religion, Indian by language
  • 24. Which city did Mother Teresa visit during the Troubles era, leading to an embarrassing situation?
A) Belfast
B) Dublin
C) Edinburgh
D) London
  • 25. Who did Mother Teresa broker a temporary cease-fire with to rescue children during the Siege of Beirut?
A) Syrian forces and Lebanese militias
B) Jordanian troops and Israeli soldiers
C) Israeli army and Palestinian guerrillas
D) Egyptian military and Syrian rebels
  • 26. Which Soviet Premier did Mother Teresa meet after the 1988 earthquake in Armenia?
A) Mikhail Gorbachev
B) Nikolai Ryzhkov
C) Leonid Brezhnev
D) Yuri Andropov
  • 27. Which countries did Mother Teresa visit to assist with the aftermath of natural disasters?
A) Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
B) India, Nepal, Bangladesh
C) Ethiopia, Chernobyl, Armenia
D) China, Japan, South Korea
  • 28. In which year did Mother Teresa return to Albania for the first time since her early life?
A) 1991
B) 1985
C) 1978
D) 2000
  • 29. How many missions did the Missionaries of Charity operate by 1996?
A) 400
B) 300
C) 600
D) 517
  • 30. In how many countries were the Missionaries of Charity's missions operating by 1996?
A) Over 100
B) 150
C) 75
D) 50
  • 31. How many sisters were part of the Missionaries of Charity by 1996?
A) Dozens
B) Thousands
C) Tens
D) Hundreds
  • 32. How many establishments did the Missionaries of Charity operate in the United States by 1984?
A) 10
B) 30
C) 25
D) 19
  • 33. In which year did Mother Teresa receive a heart attack in Rome?
A) 1989
B) 1983
C) 1996
D) 1991
  • 34. What medical device was implanted in Mother Teresa following her second heart attack?
A) Defibrillator
B) Stent
C) Ventilator
D) Pacemaker
  • 35. Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan that praised Mother Teresa after her death?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Nawaz Sharif
C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
D) Manmohan Singh
  • 36. Which organization clashed with Mother Teresa over the Christian Dalits but praised her in death?
A) Vishwa Hindu Parishad
B) Bharatiya Janata Party
C) Indian National Congress
D) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
  • 37. Who criticized Mother Teresa for promoting a 'cult of suffering'?
A) Aroup Chatterjee
B) Derek O'Brien
C) Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
D) Mohan Bhagwat
  • 38. What did the Indian fortnightly Frontline say about the charges against Mother Teresa?
A) The charges had significant impact.
B) The charges were 'patently false'.
C) The charges were partially true.
D) The charges were justified.
  • 39. Who was the leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh that commented on Mother Teresa's objective?
A) Mohan Bhagwat
B) Vishwa Hindu Parishad
C) Nawaz Sharif
D) Angelo Sodano
  • 40. What did the Indian government issue to Mother Teresa under her birth name?
A) Diplomatic passport
B) Citizenship certificate
C) Visa
D) Residency permit
  • 41. Who directed the BBC documentary 'Something Beautiful for God' that contributed to Mother Teresa's fame?
A) Malcolm Muggeridge
B) William J. Byron
C) Pope Paul VI
D) Charles Keating
  • 42. Which Pope awarded Mother Teresa the inaugural Pope John XXIII Peace Prize?
A) Pope Paul VI
B) Pope Francis
C) Pope John Paul II
D) Pope Benedict XVI
  • 43. Which country gave Mother Teresa the Golden Honour of the Nation?
A) Italy
B) United States
C) Albania
D) India
  • 44. Who was one of Mother Teresa's most outspoken critics?
A) Navin B. Chawla
B) Serge Larivée
C) Christopher Hitchens
D) Geneviève Chénard
  • 45. In which year did Mother Teresa defend Jesuit priest Donald McGuire against allegations of sexual abuse?
A) 2009
B) 1994
C) 2006
D) 1985
  • 46. What was Mother Teresa's relationship with Father Donald McGuire when she defended him?
A) He was her confessor.
B) He was her brother.
C) He was a student.
D) He was a colleague.
  • 47. In what year was Father Donald McGuire convicted of sexually molesting multiple children?
A) 2009
B) 2006
C) 1994
D) 2010
  • 48. What did Mother Teresa describe as 'the greatest destroyer of peace today'?
A) Abortion
B) War
C) Disease
D) Poverty
  • 49. Who was Mother Teresa's spiritual advisor since the formation of the Missionaries of Charity?
A) Jesuit priest Celeste van Exem
B) Calcutta Archbishop Ferdinand Perier
C) Michael van der Peet
D) Pope Benedict XVI
  • 50. What did Mother Teresa request regarding her letters?
A) That they be sent to the Vatican
B) That they be published immediately
C) That they be kept secret forever
D) That they be destroyed
  • 51. Who was appointed postulator for Mother Teresa's beatification process?
A) Sister Nirmala
B) Christopher Hitchens
C) Ranjan Mustafi
D) Brian Kolodiejchuk
  • 52. How many documents did Brian Kolodiejchuk submit for Mother Teresa's beatification?
A) 50 documents
B) 76 documents
C) 100 documents
D) 30 documents
  • 53. How many witnesses were interviewed for Mother Teresa's beatification process?
A) 200 witnesses
B) 150 witnesses
C) 113 witnesses
D) 100 witnesses
  • 54. How many questions were asked to the witnesses during Mother Teresa's beatification process?
A) 263 questions
B) 300 questions
C) 250 questions
D) 200 questions
  • 55. Who was the Indian woman whose healing was recognized as a miracle for Mother Teresa's canonization?
A) Sister Nirmala
B) Monica Besra
C) Chatterjee
D) Sister Betta
  • 56. Who treated Monica Besra and claimed her cyst was caused by tuberculosis?
A) Ranjan Mustafi
B) Christopher Hitchens
C) Sister Betta
D) Brian Kolodiejchuk
  • 57. Which hospital reported being pressured to call Monica Besra's cure miraculous?
A) Balurghat Hospital
B) Calcutta General Hospital
C) St. Mary's Hospital
D) Kolkata Medical Center
  • 58. On what date did the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issue its nihil obstat for Mother Teresa?
A) 21 April 1999
B) 15 December 2000
C) 2 March 1997
D) 19 October 2003
  • 59. What title did Catholics use for Mother Teresa after her beatification?
A) Blessed
B) Saint
C) Servant of God
D) Venerable
  • 60. Who was the first patron saint of Calcutta before Mother Teresa?
A) Mother Teresa herself
B) Pope John Paul II
C) St. Francis Xavier
D) Giambattista Diquattro
  • 61. Which organization runs the Mother Teresa Girls Home?
A) Albanian Government
B) Sevalaya
C) Indian Railways
D) Missionaries of Charity
  • 62. What is the name of the train introduced by Indian Railways to commemorate Mother Teresa?
A) Saint Teresa Train
B) Calcutta Express
C) Mother Express
D) Teresa Special
  • 63. Who directed the short documentary films about Mother Teresa's life and work among the poor in India?
A) Kamal Musale
B) Geraldine Chaplin
C) Malcolm Muggeridge
D) Amar Kumar Bhattacharya
  • 64. In what year was the documentary film 'Mother Teresa: No Greater Love' released?
A) 2001
B) 1994
C) 2014
D) 2022
  • 65. Who portrayed Mother Teresa in the 1997 Art Film Festival award-winning film 'Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor'?
A) Juliet Stevenson
B) Noomi Rapace
C) Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz
D) Geraldine Chaplin
  • 66. What award did the Italian television miniseries 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta' receive upon re-release in 2007?
A) Art Film Festival award
B) Vatican honor
C) Golden Globe
D) CAMIE award
  • 67. Who played Mother Teresa in the 2014 film 'The Letters'?
A) Geraldine Chaplin
B) Olivia Hussey
C) Noomi Rapace
D) Juliet Stevenson
  • 68. Which director created the 2022 film 'Mother Teresa & Me'?
A) Malcolm Muggeridge
B) Amar Kumar Bhattacharya
C) Kamal Musale
D) Geraldine Chaplin
  • 69. Who portrayed Mother Teresa in the 2025 film 'Mother'?
A) Noomi Rapace
B) Geraldine Chaplin
C) Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz
D) Juliet Stevenson
  • 70. In which television series did Mother Teresa appear and introduce some episodes?
A) Hell's Angel
B) The Letters
C) Bible Ki Kahaniyan
D) Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
  • 71. What is the title of the 2004 Argentine musical based on Mother Teresa's life?
A) The Letters
B) Mother Teresa: No Greater Love
C) Mother Teresa & Me
D) Teresa, la Obra en Musical
  • 72. Who played Mother Teresa in the film 'Mother Teresa & Me'?
A) Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz
B) Olivia Hussey
C) Geraldine Chaplin
D) Noomi Rapace
  • 73. Which actor portrayed Mother Teresa in the Italian television miniseries 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta'?
A) Juliet Stevenson
B) Olivia Hussey
C) Noomi Rapace
D) Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz
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