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