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  • 1. Which sects are not accepted within the Sikh Rehat Maryada?
A) Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana
B) Nirankari, Ramraiya and Namdhari
C) Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant
D) Sunni, Shia and Sufi
  • 2. What is the common reason the Sikh Rehat Maryada rejects certain sects?
A) They believe in a current human guru
B) They do not recognize the holy texts
C) They reject the concept of community service
D) They originated outside of India
  • 3. Which religious figure is respected as a patriarch or prophet in Abrahamic religions?
A) Noah
B) Solomon
C) Abraham
D) Moses
  • 4. Which two religions are the largest among the Abrahamic faiths?
A) Christianity and Islam
B) Islam and Judaism
C) Judaism and Christianity
D) Druze and Samaritanism
  • 5. What proportion of the world population adheres to Christianity and Islam?
A) Around one quarter
B) Around three quarters
C) Around half
D) Around ten percent
  • 6. What defines ethnoreligions according to the text?
A) Religions founded by modern philosophers
B) Religions that seek global converts
C) Religions that originated only in the Middle East
D) Traditional customs and beliefs of a particular ethnic group
  • 7. Which concepts are often incorporated into Indigenous religions?
A) Animism, totemism, and shamanism
B) Capitalism, individualism, and logic
C) Science, secularism, and atheism
D) Bureaucracy, taxation, and law
  • 8. How are New Religious Movements typically characterized regarding their inception?
A) Medieval
B) Ancient
C) Prehistoric
D) Usually recent
  • 9. Which group is generally excluded from the list of New Religious Movements?
A) Shinshukyo
B) UFO religions
C) Neopaganism
D) Non-cargo cults
  • 10. Middle Eastern religions include Abrahamic religions and which other group?
A) African religions
B) American religions
C) Eastern religions
D) Iranian religions
  • 11. What is the estimated number of religions, churches, and faith groups according to the text?
A) Over 10,000
B) Less than 1,000
C) Roughly 4,200
D) Exactly 500
  • 12. How does religion differ from private belief?
A) Religion is exclusively about the afterlife
B) Religion has a public aspect
C) Religion is only for the elite
D) Religion does not require symbols
  • 13. Which of the following is considered an Indian religion?
A) Taoism
B) Sikhism
C) Confucianism
D) Shintoism
  • 14. What is social constructionism in the context of religion?
A) A study of clerical hierarchies
B) A belief in supernatural phenomena
C) A method for measuring religious influence
D) A theory suggesting religion is a modern concept
  • 15. Which of the following is cited as a practice included in some religions?
A) Scientific experimentation
B) Trance
C) Political lobbying
D) Corporate management
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