Religious Terrorism MCQs

Religious Terrorism MCQs

Our team has conducted extensive research to compile a set of Religious Terrorism MCQs. We encourage you to test your Religious Terrorism knowledge by answering these multiple-choice questions provided below.
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1: Afghan arabs is a term given to foreign volunteers, mostly Arabs, who fought as _____ during the war against the occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviet army.

A.   Mujahideen

B.   Muhafizin

C.   Munafiqeen

D.   All of these

2: Caliphate is a geographic region governed by an _____ ruler known as a caliph. Several caliphates have existed historically. Modern Islamist insurgencies such as ISIS and Al-Qa’ida seek to reestablish the caliphate.

A.   Islamic

B.   Christian

C.   Jewish

D.   Both a and b

3: Crusades was a series of _____ military campaigns during the Middle Ages.

A.   Christian

B.   Muslim

C.   Jewish

D.   Hindu

4: ISI is the chief _____ security service.

A.   Pakistani

B.   Indian

C.   Bangladesh

D.   Kashmiri

5: Fund for the Martyrs is a _____ fund established for the benefit of Palestinian victims of the intifada against Israel.

A.   Iraqi

B.   Iranian

C.   Lebanon

D.   Libyan

6: Golden Temple is the most sacred temple of the Sikh religion, located in_____ , India. Indian troops stormed the temple in June 1984 to retake it from Sikhs who had occupied it, killing hundreds.

A.   Delhi

B.   Mumbai

C.   Jalandhar

D.   Amritsar

7: Greater Jihad in Muslim belief, an individual struggle to do what is right in accordance with God’s wishes. All people of faith are required to do what is _____

A.   Right

B.   Good

C.   Beneficial

D.   Both a and b

8: A central tenet in Islam that literally means a sacred _____

A.   Struggle

B.   Effort

C.   Killing

D.   Both a and b

9: One who wages jihad is known as _____

A.   Muhafiz

B.   Jihadi

C.   Martyred

D.   Both a and b

10: _____ is the defense of Islam against threats to the faith. This includes military defense and is undertaken when the Muslim community is under attack.

A.   Greater Jihad

B.   Lesser Jihad

C.   Martyrdom

D.   Both a and c

11: Martyrdom is achieved by dying on behalf of a religious faith or for some other greater cause.

A.   True

B.   False

12: Okhrana is the secret police of czarist_____.

A.   Russia

B.   Iraq

C.   Iran

D.   Spain

13: A _____ used by the Thuggees of India to ritualistically strangle their victims is known as Phansi.

A.   Rope

B.   Knife

C.   Gun

D.   Any of these

14: Pogroms was an anti-Semitic massacres in Europe that occurred periodically from the time of the First Crusade through the Nazi Holocaust. Usually centered in _____ Europe.

A.   Central

B.   Eastern

C.   Western

D.   Both a and b

15: The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion was forgery written under the direction of the Russian czarist secret police in the late 19th century. It purports to be the proceedings of a secret international society of _____ elders who are plotting to rule the world.

A.   Muslim

B.   Christian

C.   Hindu

D.   Jewish