Lesson A1.T2.6.3

A1.T2.6.3 Buddhist and Non-Religious Perspectives: Beliefs about death and the afterlife Quiz: WJEC Eduqas Religious Studies, Unit 2

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Lesson A1.T2.6.3, Buddhist and Non-Religious Perspectives: Beliefs about death and the afterlife: 20 multiple choice questions for the WJEC Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (C120), Unit 2: Route A Component 1 - Theme 2: Issues of Life and Death, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which Buddhist concept describes the absence of a permanent self?

    • Atman
    • Anatta
    • Maya
    • Dharma

  2. What are the five aggregates that make up a human being called in Buddhism?

    • Dhammas
    • Pancha
    • Vinnanas
    • Skandhas

  3. What is the ultimate goal in Buddhism, representing the end of craving?

    • Nirvana
    • Samsara
    • Maya
    • Karma

  4. What Buddhist term refers to intentional actions shaping future experience?

    • Sila
    • Karma
    • Panna
    • Dharma

  5. Which Buddhist concept describes the realms of existence in which beings can be reborn?

    • Pure heaven
    • Judgement realms
    • Realms of existence
    • Caste realms

  6. Which Buddhist concept denies the existence of a permanent, unchanging self?

    • Tanha
    • Anatta
    • Dukkha
    • Anicca

  7. What type of rebirth does the Triratna Buddhist Community often emphasise?

    • Moment-to-moment
    • Literal transmigration
    • Physical reincarnation
    • Ancestral rebirth

  8. Which concept explains how actions determine the nature of a future rebirth?

    • Karma linked rebirth
    • Fixed destiny
    • Divine judgement
    • Random selection

  9. Which Buddhist concept describes the goal of ending the cycle of rebirth?

    • Nirvana
    • Akhirah
    • Judgement
    • Maya

  10. What key belief distinguishes Buddhist funerals from Humanist funerals in Britain?

    • Belief in rebirth
    • Belief in judgement
    • Belief in heaven
    • Belief in resurrection

  11. Which core Buddhist teaching corrects the idea of a fixed soul passing into a new life?

    • Sunyata
    • Anatta
    • Paticcasamuppada
    • Samsara

  12. What term describes the Buddhist belief in beings reappearing in various states of existence?

    • Soul transmigration
    • Eternal heaven
    • Rebirth in realms
    • Spiritual resurrection

  13. What is the spec's Buddhist term for the causes and conditions linking one life to the next?

    • Pratityasamutpada
    • Mukti
    • Akhirah
    • Dharma

  14. What is the Buddhist term for the universal truth that nothing lasts?

    • Dukkha
    • Tanha
    • Anatta
    • Anicca

  15. What is the ultimate Buddhist goal of liberation from suffering?

    • Nirvana
    • Karma
    • Samsara
    • Dharma

  16. Which law determines the nature of a person's future rebirth?

    • Moksha
    • Panna
    • Sunyata
    • Karma

  17. Which Buddhist concept refers to the lack of a permanent soul or fixed self?

    • Maya
    • Anicca
    • Anatta
    • Dukkha

  18. What term describes the continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth in Buddhism?

    • Samsara
    • Sangha
    • Nirvana
    • Vinaya

  19. Which term describes the Buddhist view that consciousness continually changes from second to second?

    • Moment-to-moment rebirth
    • Physical reincarnation
    • Static existence
    • Eternal soul

  20. Which teaching outlines the practical Buddhist path to ending suffering?

    • Noble Eightfold Path
    • Five Pillars
    • Fourteen Precepts
    • Three Jewels

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