Hinduism: Religion and Secularisation | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Hinduism: Religion and Secularisation
- 21 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Component 2: Hinduism, one religion of five
- Component 2
Hinduism: the encounter with western values in 19th-century India, the ideas of Ram Mohan Roy and Dayananda Saraswati, Vivekananda's Practical Vedanta, and how Hinduism in Britain has responded to secularisation.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Hinduism as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Hinduism: Religion and Secularisation
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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The Brahmo Samaj and the Arya Samaj
Which movement did Ram Mohan Roy found?
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The Brahmo Samaj movement. -
The Brahmo Samaj and the Arya Samaj
What practices did Dayananda Saraswati reject as deviations from original Vedic religion?
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Later texts, idol worship and the caste system. -
Practical Vedanta and Hinduism in Secular Britain
Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission and whose teachings did it continue?
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Vivekananda founded it to continue the teachings of his guru Ramakrishna. -
Practical Vedanta and Hinduism in Secular Britain
Give an example of how Hinduism has responded to secularisation in Britain through the preservation of existing sects.
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Brahmo Samaj UK, which maintains the reformist tradition of Ram Mohan Roy.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| The Brahmo Samaj and the Arya Samaj | Recall questions on the challenges facing nineteenth-century Hinduism, Ram Mohan Roy and the Brahmo Samaj, Dayananda Saraswati and the Arya Samaj, and how the two reformers differed. | 11 |
| Practical Vedanta and Hinduism in Secular Britain | Recall questions on Vivekananda's Practical Vedanta and the Ramakrishna Mission, and on how secularisation has changed religion in Britain and how Hinduism, including ISKCON, has responded. | 10 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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