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