RELIGIONTURE and culture questions and answer

RELIGIONTURE and culture questions and answer

No. Question Answer 01 The Holy Book of Sikhs is known as The Granth Sahib 02 Mahabharata is sometimes called as the Fifth Veda 03 The Holy Book of Islam is The Holy Koran 04 The duration of the Kurukshetra War was Eighteen Days 05 The Holy Book of Christianity is The Holy Bible 06 Jesus Christ was crucified in the year 29 AD 07 The original name given to Mahabharata was Jaya 08 The founder of Buddhism was Gautama Buddha 09 The founder of Christainity was Jesus Christ 10 The founder of Islam was Mohammed the Prophet 11 The founder of Sikhism was Guru Nanak Dev 12 The language in which Gautama Buddha preached was Magadhi 13 `Mimamasa Sutra' was written by Jamini 14 Swami Vivekananda, in his younger days,was known as Narendranath 15 Swami Vivekananda participated in a conference of World Religions held at Chicago 16 Ayurveda literally means Science of life 17 The Ramakrishna Mission was started by Swami Vivekanand 18 The Indo Greek king who adopted Buddhism was Menander 19 The most ancient Veda is Atharva Veda 20 The last Guru of Sikhs was Guru Govind Singh 21 The sacred scripture of Parsis is Zhend Avesta 22 Adi Shankaracharya was born in Keladi(Kerala) 23 Trivendrum is also known as the Holy city of Anatha 24 The king who was famous for always speaking the truth was Raja Harishchandra 25 How many Vedas are there Four 26 How many Puranas are there Eighteen 27 How many Upanishads are there Twelve 28 Bhishma was also known as Gangeya 29 The Govardhan Mutt at Puri in Orissa was established by Adi Shankaracharya 30 Dronacharya's son was Ashwathama 31 The language in which the sacred scriptures of Buddhism are written is Pali 32 The founder of Dharma Shastra was Bodayana 33 The famous saint who called his wife as his mother Goddess was Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 34 The Muslim saint who is considered as the Special Protector of children is Shah Madar 35 The earlier name of Bhisma was Devarat 36 The three famous epics of India are Ramayana,Bhagavata and Mahabharatha 37 "Satyartha Prakash" was written by Dayanand Saraswati 38 The Buddhist temples in Burma are known as Pagoda 39 Gayatri Japa was composed by Vishwamitra 40 The Bhagavata was narrated to king Parikshit by Suka Maharishi 41 The Ramayana written by Tulasidas is called Rama Charita Manasa 42 Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini 43 Chinese Buddhism is also known as Sushrutha Samhita 44 Gautama Buddha is also known as The Light of Asia 45 The place of worship of Hindus is The Temple 46 The place of worship of Christains is The Church 47 The place of worship of Muslims is The Mosque 48 The place of worship of Sikhs The Gurudwara 49 The place of worship of Parsis The Fire Temple 50 Jesus Christ was born in the year 4 BC 51 The Head of the Roman Catholic Church is known as The pope 52 Songs sung in the praise of God are known as Hymns 53 The God of agriculture in Roman Mythology is Saturn 54 Gautama Buddha's original name was Siddhartha 55 Shiva is considered as the god of Creation and destruction 56 Brahma is considered as the god of Creator 57 Ramayana was written by Valmiki 58 Buddha attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya 59 Chaitanya was devoted to Lord Krishna 60 Artha Shastra was written by Chanakya 61 Kautilya was the real name of Chanakya 62 Moin-ud-din Chisti is a Sufi Saint 63 Mahavira is also known as Vardhamana 64 Kumarasambhava was written by Kalidas 65 Raghuvamsa was written by Kalidas 66 Mahabharata was translated in Tamil by Rajaji 67 Mahabharata was translated into Persian by Mir Ghiasuddin Ali Qazbini 68 Lingaraj temple is located in Bhubaneshwar 69 Lord Jagannath temple is located in Puri 70 Tirupathi is famous for Sri Venkateshwara Temple 71 Gaya is a pilgrimage place for Hindus 72 Gaya is located in Bihar 73 Lord Mahavir breathed his last at Pawapuri 74 Bodh Gaya is located at Bihar 75 Bodh Gaya is sacred place for Buddhists 76 The Shrine of Saibaba is located at Temple of Lord Krishna 77 Ajmer is a pilgrim centre for Muslims 78 Varanasi is a famous pilgrimage centre for Hindus 79 River Ganga is sacred for Hindus 80 Ayodhya is located in Uttar Pradesh 81 Jama Masjid is located at New Delhi 82 Lotus Temple is located at Delhi 83 Mangesh temple is located at Goa 84 Somnath is located at Gujarat 85 The largest Church in Asia is Se Cathedral 86 Meenakshi temple is located at Madurai 87 India's biggest Mosque is Jama Masjid,Delhi 88 Golden Temple was built in 1577 AD 89 Badrinath is located in Uttar Pradesh 90 Sarnath is pilgrimage centre for Buddhists 91 Sun temple is located at Shri Govindajee temple 92 Lonavla is famous for Buddhist Caves 93 The Great Stupa is located at Sanchi 94 The birth place of Adi Shankaracharya is Kaladi