Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
DepEd Eastern Visayas-Region 8
Schools Division of Eastern Samar
Gen. Macarthur Eastern District
GEN. MACARTHUR NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
WRITTEN TEST ON INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGION
AND BELIEF SYSTEMS– QUARTER 1
DIRECTION: READ CAREFULL THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND WRITE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. It is a personal set or institutionalized system of
religious attitudes, beliefs and practices
a. Religion
b. Belief
c. Worldview
d. Spirituality
2. Which of the following BEST describes being
spiritual?
a. It is structured and organized
b. It is an objective experience and focus
on the external aspect.
c. It is an inward journey that involves a
shift in awareness rather than some
form of external activity.
d. It is deeply rooted on in tradition,
ritual, creed, and doctrines.
3. Whose belief is this: “Religion is philosophy and
philosophy is religion”.
a. Eastern belief
b. Northern belief
c. Southern belief
d. Western belief
4. ”Culture is adaptive”, is one of the
characteristics of culture. ONE of the
statements DOES NOT reflect this characteristic.
Which statement are we referring to?
a. It is genetically structured in man’s
biological component.
b. It can be accumulated throughout the
lifetime of a person
c. It is diverse and we should adjust to
other culture
d. It is never stagnant and keep on
changing due to new social experiences
of people
5. How is promoting social harmony as positive
effect of religion being demonstrated?
a. Common participation in rituals
together with basic uniformity of
beliefs help promote social
cohesiveness
b. By providing moral values, one is able
to distinguish right from wrong
c. Providing answers for phenomena and
questions that science or reason
cannot explain.
d. Providing people with personal identity
as part of a group.
6. A Muslim child was bullied by her classmates
because of not eating pork offered to him. What
can you infer about this situation about the
effects of religion?
a. Religion impedes scientific success and
development
b. Religion obstructs the use of reason
c. Religion causes discrimination
d. Religion affirms social hierarchy
7. Who are called as the people of the Book in
reference to the Hebrew Bible?
a. Arabs
b. Jews
c. Persians
d. Philistines
8. Which of the following statements explain
the reason why Ishmael was not the heir to
God’s promise?
a. because he was Sarai’s son
b. because he was Abraham’s son
c. because he was not Abraham’s son
d. because he was not Sarai’s son
9. Which of the following is NOT included in the
major sects of Christianity?
a. Greek Orthodox
b. Judaism
c. Protestantism
d. Roman Catholic
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Department of Education
DepEd Eastern Visayas-Region 8
Schools Division of Eastern Samar
Gen. Macarthur Eastern District
GEN. MACARTHUR NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

10. Why Christianity is considered as a
monotheistic religion?
a. because it is one of the largest religion
in the world
b. because it believes that there is only
one God
c. because it believes of many saints
d. because it is founded by Jesus Christ
11. It is the sacred book of Islam?
a. Bible
b. Quran
c. Torah
d. Zakat
12. What would be the WORST scenario you can
perceive when radical extremism of some Islamic
group like ISIS take over a certain nation or state
a. there will be unity among nations
b. people will obey and follow earnestly
c. continuous wars and conflict will arise
d. peace will be achieved.
13. You have friends arguing about their
religion, each one is from Judaism,
Christianity and Islam. Each one is insisting
that their religion is better than others.
How are you going to convince that they
should not quarrel just because of their
faiths?
a. I will let them realized that actually
these three religions descended
from one patriarch which is
Abraham. Therefore, there is
nothing to argue about.
b. I will tell them that these religions
actually share more commonalities
in certain beliefs than in its
difference.
c. All these three religions give us the
reason and purpose of life to
worship and serve God, follow his
will and show the love of God to
others.
d. All of the above.
14. It is the concept in Hinduism that the soul is
immortal, and all life forms are reborn into
a new entity after death.
a. soul
b. atman
c. reincarnation
d. enlightenment
15. Which of the following statements holds
true about Hinduism?
a. In Hindu caste system, those
people who do not belong to a
group or caste has to be taken care
of by the society
b. Every human being has temporary
soul.
c. Widowed women are expected to
jump on the funeral pyre of their
husband to prove their loyalty and
help save the soul of their husband
in the afterlife.
d. Vishnu is the widely respected and
recognized as the creator of
universe.

“IN IGNORANCE THERE IS NO PERFECTION”

~RSMM~

Prepared by:

ARCHIE A. OROLLO
SHS-TEACHER II