Y8 Hinduism

Question 1

Are Hindus allowed to eat meat?

Answer 1

No.

Question 2

Where did Hinduism start?

Answer 2

India.

Question 3

What are the three gods in the trimurti?

Answer 3

Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

Question 4

Is Brahma a creator, a preserver, or a destroyer?

Answer 4

A creator.

Question 5

Is Vishnu a creator, a preserver, or a destroyer?

Answer 5

A preserver.

Question 6

Is Shiva a creator, a preserver, or a destroyer?

Answer 6

A destroyer.

Question 7

Where are the Brahmins in the caste system?

Answer 7

They are at the top. (Most Important)

Question 8

Where are the Shudras in the caste system?

Answer 8

At the bottom. (Least important)

Question 9

Where are the Dalits in the caste system?

Answer 9

They are not in the caste system as they have done one bad thing.

Question 10

Where are the Kshatryas in the caste system?

Answer 10

In second. (Quite important)

Question 11

Where are the Vaishyas in the caste system?

Answer 11

In third. (Not very important)

Question 12

What do the Brahmins have and what do they work as?

Answer 12

Brahmins have the best education and they work as teachers or priests.

Question 13

What do the Kshatryas do?

Answer 13

They protect the brahmins.

Question 14

What do Vaishyas do and work as?

Answer 14

They give sacrifices and normally work as farmers.

Question 15

What are Shudras?

Answer 15

They are peasants.

Question 16

What are Dalits treated as?

Answer 16

Slaves.

Question 17

When does a Hindu funeral take place?

Answer 17

On the same day as the death so the body won’t be contaminated.

Question 18

How long is the period of mourning?

Answer 18

10 days.

Question 19

Who can be buried?

Answer 19

Children under the age of puberty, pregnant woman, and people admired as saints.

Question 20

What is the role of the eldest son at the funeral?

Answer 20

To walk round the pyre three times then light it on fire.

Question 21

What happens during the period of mourning?

Answer 21

The body is told prays to make the soul better.

Question 22

Who prepares the body and how is it prepared?

Answer 22

A woman prepares the body for a female and a man prepares the body for a male. The body is wrapped in clothes to symbolise getting rid of old.

Question 23

What is the funeral pyre?

Answer 23

It is a bonfire that the body is placed on.

Question 24

Which way is the body placed?

Answer 24

To the south to represent the god of death.

Question 25

What is puja?

Answer 25

Puja is a daily worship usually done in the morning.

Question 26

What is the bell used for in puja?

Answer 26

It is used to let the deity know that worship is about to begin.

Question 27

What is the dish filled with sandal wood used for in puja?

Answer 27

To mark the worshipers forehead to show devotion.

Question 28

What are the food offerings for in puja?

Answer 28

To symbolise exchanges of love between the worshiper and the deity.

Question 29

What is the holy water used for in puja?

Answer 29

It is used for cleansing and purification.

Question 30

What is incense used for in puja?

Answer 30

It is used to purify and cleanse the air and create a holy atmosphere.

Question 31

What is the arti lamp used for in puja?

Answer 31

It is used to represent each element. (fire, water, earth, air, and ether) Fire can be used to communicate with a deity.

Question 32

Does Hinduism have a god?

Answer 32

Yes they have one god but in many forms. They call a god ‘a Brahman.’

Question 33

What is samsara?

Answer 33

The cycle of life.

Question 34

What is moksha?

Answer 34

Hindu Heaven.

Question 35

What does Ahimsa mean?

Answer 35

No violence.

Question 36

What is karma?

Answer 36

It is the thought that if you do something good, something good will happen back and if you do something, bad something bad will happen back.